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The Collection of Antonio Homem Sonnabend
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Small Wall Explosion
Details
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Small Wall Explosion
signed, dated and numbered 'rf Lichtenstein '65 3⁄6' (on the reverse)
porcelain enamel on steel and perforated steel, metal rod and plate
22 x 20 ½ x 7 ½ in. (55.6 x 52.1 x 18.7 cm.)
Executed in 1965; this work is number three from an edition of six
Small Wall Explosion
signed, dated and numbered 'rf Lichtenstein '65 3⁄6' (on the reverse)
porcelain enamel on steel and perforated steel, metal rod and plate
22 x 20 ½ x 7 ½ in. (55.6 x 52.1 x 18.7 cm.)
Executed in 1965; this work is number three from an edition of six
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Ileana Sonnabend (acquired from the above, 1965).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Ileana Sonnabend (acquired from the above, 1965).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Literature
E. Billeter, “Pop im Examen: Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Rosenquist, Rauschenberg, Segal” in Speculum artis, vol. 17, no. 9, October 1965, p. 32 (an example illustrated).
M. Kozloff, “Lichtenstein at the Guggenheim” in Artforum, vol. 8, no. 3, November 1969, p. 41 (an example illustrated; incorrectly titled Explosion).
Á. Crespo, Roy Lichtenstein y el arte pop, exh. cat., Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 1970, n.p., no. 10 (an example illustrated; incorrectly titled Explosion).
Á. Crespo, “Roy Lichtenstein y el arte pop” in Revista de arte/The Art Review, no. 5, June 1970, p. 18, no. 10 (an example illustrated; incorrectly titled Explosion).
D. Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1971, n.p., no. 117 (an example illustrated).
M. S. Kushner, Donald Saff: Art in Collaboration, Munich, 2010, p. 148, no. 157 (an example illustrated).
M. Kozloff, “Lichtenstein at the Guggenheim” in Artforum, vol. 8, no. 3, November 1969, p. 41 (an example illustrated; incorrectly titled Explosion).
Á. Crespo, Roy Lichtenstein y el arte pop, exh. cat., Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, 1970, n.p., no. 10 (an example illustrated; incorrectly titled Explosion).
Á. Crespo, “Roy Lichtenstein y el arte pop” in Revista de arte/The Art Review, no. 5, June 1970, p. 18, no. 10 (an example illustrated; incorrectly titled Explosion).
D. Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1971, n.p., no. 117 (an example illustrated).
M. S. Kushner, Donald Saff: Art in Collaboration, Munich, 2010, p. 148, no. 157 (an example illustrated).
Exhibited
Milan, Gian Enzo Sperone, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Dine, Rosenquist, April-May 1966, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle Art Museum and Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1969-August 1970, p. 85, no. 91 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Roy Lichtenstein, June-September 1973 (another from the edition exhibited).
East Hampton, Guild Hall, Roy Lichtenstein: Three Decades of Sculpture, August-October 1992, fig. 2 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated).
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes; Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno; A Coruña, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza and Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, Roy Lichtenstein: Imágenes reconocibles: Escultura, pintura y gráfica, July 1998-August 2000, p. 81 (Mexico City, illustrated); p. 81, no. 16 (Washington, D.C., illustrated); p. 81 (Valencia and A Coruña, illustrated) and p. 81 (Lisbon, illustrated) (another from the edition exhibited).
North Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Inside/Outside, December 2001-February 2002 (another from the edition exhibited).
Venice, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor, May-November 2013, p. 64, no. 20 (illustrated).
San Diego, Timken Museum of Art, Metonymies: A Dialogue with Twentieth-Century Works from the Sonnabend Collection, February-April 2019, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle Art Museum and Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1969-August 1970, p. 85, no. 91 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Roy Lichtenstein, June-September 1973 (another from the edition exhibited).
East Hampton, Guild Hall, Roy Lichtenstein: Three Decades of Sculpture, August-October 1992, fig. 2 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated).
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes; Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno; A Coruña, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza and Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, Roy Lichtenstein: Imágenes reconocibles: Escultura, pintura y gráfica, July 1998-August 2000, p. 81 (Mexico City, illustrated); p. 81, no. 16 (Washington, D.C., illustrated); p. 81 (Valencia and A Coruña, illustrated) and p. 81 (Lisbon, illustrated) (another from the edition exhibited).
North Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roy Lichtenstein: Inside/Outside, December 2001-February 2002 (another from the edition exhibited).
Venice, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor, May-November 2013, p. 64, no. 20 (illustrated).
San Diego, Timken Museum of Art, Metonymies: A Dialogue with Twentieth-Century Works from the Sonnabend Collection, February-April 2019, n.p. (illustrated).
Présenté par
Kathryn Widing
Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale