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Roy  Lichtenstein:   Illustration for "Amerique" (from La Nouvelle Chute de Amerique Portfolio)
 
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Title: Illustration for "Amerique" (from La Nouvelle Chute de Amerique Portfolio)
Style: Pop Art (ca. 1950s-1960s), Contemporary (ca. 1945-present)
Medium: Prints, Etching / Engraving, Aquatint
Year: 1992
Size: height - 18.9 in, width - 13.9 in, depth - 0 in
Markings: signed, initialled lower right, numbered 1/45 on left in pencil
Edition: 1/45
Foundry/Publisher: Les Edition du Solstice, Paris; printed by Atelier Dupont-Visat, L'Inéditeur, Paris
Catalogue Raisonné: 267 Author: Corlett
Estimate: from $25,000 to $35,000

Seller's Description:
This is the first print in the unbound book entitled "The New Fall of America." It is Lichtenstein's response to both Allen Ginsburg's poem and Jasper Johns' characterization of the American Flag and what it stands for. The work was created in 1992 in response to a poem from 1973, is even more appropriate on this July 4th holiday.

This impression comes from the collection of Bob Adelman, a photographer and social activist known for his historic coverage of the Civil Rights Movement. Adelman was a good friend of Lichtenstein since the 1960s, and used one of Lichtenstein's flag images on the cover of his book entitled "Visions of Liberty. Lichtenstein gave Adelman 1/45, which is considered to be the most important number from the edition.
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      Item Location: Florida, USA
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Sales Results for Comparable Work

  • Roy Lichtenstein
    Illustration for Amerique (from La nouvelle chute de l'Amérique),
    color etching and aquatint
    11.0 in. x 14.8 in. / 27.9 cm. x 37.5 cm.
    Signed

    ed.30/42

    Sold for US $25,000

    Sotheby's New York:
    Friday, November 02, 2007, (Lot 00410)
    Prints

  • Roy Lichtenstein
    Allen Ginsberg, La Nouvelle Chute de l'Amerique (album w/10 works, title, text & sgd. justif.), 1992
    etchings with aquatint in colors
    14.9 in. x 20.0 in. / 37.8 cm. x 50.7 cm.
    Signed

    ed.copy 62/80

    Sold for US $33,600

    Christie's New York:
    Tuesday, November 01, 2005, (Lot 00505)
    Prints and Multiples

  • Roy Lichtenstein
    La nouvelle chute de l'Amerique,
    Color Etching and Aquatint
    13.9 in. x 19.0 in. / 35.3 cm. x 48.3 cm.
    Signed, Inscribed

    ed.copy XXXVII/XLV

    Sold for US $27,600

    Christie's New York:
    Monday, April 27, 1998, (Lot 00310)
    Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Prints

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