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The Collection of Antonio Homem Sonnabend
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Large Spool
Details
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Large Spool
signed and dated 'rf Lichtenstein '63' (on the reverse)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
68 x 56 in. (172.6 x 142.2 cm.)
Painted in 1963
Large Spool
signed and dated 'rf Lichtenstein '63' (on the reverse)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
68 x 56 in. (172.6 x 142.2 cm.)
Painted in 1963
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Ileana Sonnabend (acquired from the above by 1967, then by descent).
Sonnabend Collection Foundation, Mantova.
Ileana Sonnabend (acquired from the above by 1967, then by descent).
Sonnabend Collection Foundation, Mantova.
Literature
R. Hamilton, "Roy Lichtenstein," in Studio International, vol. 175, no. 896, January 1968, p. 22 (illustrated; erroneously captioned RLCR 747).
D. Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1971, n.p., no. 26 (illustrated).
R. Lichtenstein and R. Enright, "Pop Goes the Tradition: An Interview with Lichtenstein," in Border Crossings, vol. 13, no. 3, August 1994, p. 20 (illustrated).
M. Lobel, Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art, New Haven, 2002, p. 53, no. 23 (illustrated).
J. Cowart and A. Berman, Roy Lichtenstein: Beginning to End, exh. cat., Madrid, Fundación Juan March, 2007, p. 46 (illustrated).
A. Homem et al., Sonnabend Collection Mantova, Venice, 2025, pp. 70-71 (illustrated).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 787 (illustrated).
Roy Lichtenstein: Like New, exh. cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2026, pp. 163 and 339 (illustrated).
D. Waldman, Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1971, n.p., no. 26 (illustrated).
R. Lichtenstein and R. Enright, "Pop Goes the Tradition: An Interview with Lichtenstein," in Border Crossings, vol. 13, no. 3, August 1994, p. 20 (illustrated).
M. Lobel, Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art, New Haven, 2002, p. 53, no. 23 (illustrated).
J. Cowart and A. Berman, Roy Lichtenstein: Beginning to End, exh. cat., Madrid, Fundación Juan March, 2007, p. 46 (illustrated).
A. Homem et al., Sonnabend Collection Mantova, Venice, 2025, pp. 70-71 (illustrated).
A. Theil, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. RLCR 787 (illustrated).
Roy Lichtenstein: Like New, exh. cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2026, pp. 163 and 339 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, September-October 1963.
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, An American Viewpoint, 1963, December 1963-January 1964, n.p., no. 14 (illustrated).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Pop Art - Nouveau Réalisme - etc. . ., February-March 1965, n.p., no. 81.
Turin, Gian Enzo Sperone, Pop: Dine, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Pistoletto, Rauschenberg, Rosenquist, Warhol, Wesselmann, June-July 1965, n.p. (illustrated).
Genoa, Galleria la Bertesca, American Pop Artists, November-December 1966.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; London, Tate Gallery; Kunsthalle Bern and Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Roy Lichtenstein, November 1967-May 1968, pp. 26 and 34, no. 18 (illustrated).
Rome, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Contemporanea, November 1973-March 1974, p. 207, no. 3 (illustrated).
Venice, Istituto di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Pop Art: Evoluzione di una generazione, March-July 1980, p. 71, no. 17 (illustrated).
Princeton University Art Museum; Akron Art Museum; University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Selections from the Ileana and Michael Sonnabend Collection: Works from the 1950s and 1960s, February 1985-June 1986, pp. 61 and 110, no. 27 (illustrated).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna; Trento, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Palazzo delle Albere and Geneva, Musée Rath, Colección Sonnabend: 25 años de selección y de actividad, October 1987-April 1990.
Baltimore Museum of Art, July 1990-October 2005 (on extended loan).
Turin, Lingotto Fiere, Arte americana, 1930-1970, January-March 1992, p. 249 (illustrated).
Pully-Lausanne, FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain and Tate Liverpool, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1992-April 1993, p. 38 (Pully-Lausanne, illustrated) and p. 28 (Liverpool, illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, October 1993-January 1996, pp. 67, 69 and 391, no. 62 (illustrated).
Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, Sammlung Sonnabend, February-May 1996, p. 84 (illustrated).
Newark Museum, Off Limits: Rutgers University and the Avant-Garde, 1957-1963, February-May 1999.
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Early Black and White Paintings, November-December 2001, pp. 42-43 and 59 (illustrated).
Saratoga Springs, Skidmore College, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery and Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, June 2002-February 2003, pp. 44-45 (illustrated).
London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Roy Lichtenstein: All About Art, August 2003-February 2004, n.p., no. 18 (illustrated).
Vienna, Kunstforum, Roy Lichtenstein, December 2003-March 2004, p. 59, no. 13 (illustrated).
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Roy Lichtenstein: Classic of the New, June-September 2005, p. 60 (illustrated).
Monte Carlo, Grimaldi Forum, New York, New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Cinema, Performance, Photography and Video, July-September 2006, p. 217, no. 209 (illustrated).
Tokyo, National Art Center, Living in the Material World: "Things" in Art of the 20th Century and Beyond, January-March 2007, p. 217, no. II-2-44 (illustrated).
Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Pop Art: 1956-1968, October 2007-January 2008, p. 175, no. 49 (illustrated).
Venice, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, From Rauschenberg to Jeff Koons: The Ileana Sonnabend Collection, May 2014-January 2015.
Lisbon, Museu Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Sonnabend Paris - New York: Os Primeiros 5 anos da Galeria Sonnabend em Paris, 1962-1967, February-May 2015, p. 85 (illustrated).
Porto, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, A Coleção Sonnabend: Meio Século de Arte Europeia e Americana, Part I, February-May 2016, pp. 6 and 71 (illustrated).
Mestre, Centro culturale Candiani, Attorno alla Pop art nella Sonnabend Collection: da Johns e Rauschenberg a Warhol e Lichtenstein e a Koons, June-November 2017, p. 84 (illustrated).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein 1961-63, November 2017-January 2018, n.p., no. 14 (illustrated).
Porto, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Coleção Sonnabend: Meio Século de Arte Europeia e Americana, Part II, May-September 2018, pp. 6 and 71 (illustrated).
Saskatoon, Remai Modern, The Sonnabend Collection, October 2019-April 2020, p. 70 (illustrated).
Vienna, Albertina, Roy Lichtenstein: A Centennial Exhibition, March-July 2024, p. 103 (illustrated).
Mantua, Sonnabend Collection Mantova, 2025-2026 (permanent collection display).
Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, An American Viewpoint, 1963, December 1963-January 1964, n.p., no. 14 (illustrated).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Pop Art - Nouveau Réalisme - etc. . ., February-March 1965, n.p., no. 81.
Turin, Gian Enzo Sperone, Pop: Dine, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Pistoletto, Rauschenberg, Rosenquist, Warhol, Wesselmann, June-July 1965, n.p. (illustrated).
Genoa, Galleria la Bertesca, American Pop Artists, November-December 1966.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; London, Tate Gallery; Kunsthalle Bern and Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Roy Lichtenstein, November 1967-May 1968, pp. 26 and 34, no. 18 (illustrated).
Rome, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Contemporanea, November 1973-March 1974, p. 207, no. 3 (illustrated).
Venice, Istituto di Cultura di Palazzo Grassi, Pop Art: Evoluzione di una generazione, March-July 1980, p. 71, no. 17 (illustrated).
Princeton University Art Museum; Akron Art Museum; University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Selections from the Ileana and Michael Sonnabend Collection: Works from the 1950s and 1960s, February 1985-June 1986, pp. 61 and 110, no. 27 (illustrated).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux; Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna; Trento, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Palazzo delle Albere and Geneva, Musée Rath, Colección Sonnabend: 25 años de selección y de actividad, October 1987-April 1990.
Baltimore Museum of Art, July 1990-October 2005 (on extended loan).
Turin, Lingotto Fiere, Arte americana, 1930-1970, January-March 1992, p. 249 (illustrated).
Pully-Lausanne, FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain and Tate Liverpool, Roy Lichtenstein, September 1992-April 1993, p. 38 (Pully-Lausanne, illustrated) and p. 28 (Liverpool, illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, October 1993-January 1996, pp. 67, 69 and 391, no. 62 (illustrated).
Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, Sammlung Sonnabend, February-May 1996, p. 84 (illustrated).
Newark Museum, Off Limits: Rutgers University and the Avant-Garde, 1957-1963, February-May 1999.
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: Early Black and White Paintings, November-December 2001, pp. 42-43 and 59 (illustrated).
Saratoga Springs, Skidmore College, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery and Columbus, Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, June 2002-February 2003, pp. 44-45 (illustrated).
London, Hayward Gallery and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Roy Lichtenstein: All About Art, August 2003-February 2004, n.p., no. 18 (illustrated).
Vienna, Kunstforum, Roy Lichtenstein, December 2003-March 2004, p. 59, no. 13 (illustrated).
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Roy Lichtenstein: Classic of the New, June-September 2005, p. 60 (illustrated).
Monte Carlo, Grimaldi Forum, New York, New York: Fifty Years of Art, Architecture, Cinema, Performance, Photography and Video, July-September 2006, p. 217, no. 209 (illustrated).
Tokyo, National Art Center, Living in the Material World: "Things" in Art of the 20th Century and Beyond, January-March 2007, p. 217, no. II-2-44 (illustrated).
Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale, Pop Art: 1956-1968, October 2007-January 2008, p. 175, no. 49 (illustrated).
Venice, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, From Rauschenberg to Jeff Koons: The Ileana Sonnabend Collection, May 2014-January 2015.
Lisbon, Museu Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Sonnabend Paris - New York: Os Primeiros 5 anos da Galeria Sonnabend em Paris, 1962-1967, February-May 2015, p. 85 (illustrated).
Porto, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, A Coleção Sonnabend: Meio Século de Arte Europeia e Americana, Part I, February-May 2016, pp. 6 and 71 (illustrated).
Mestre, Centro culturale Candiani, Attorno alla Pop art nella Sonnabend Collection: da Johns e Rauschenberg a Warhol e Lichtenstein e a Koons, June-November 2017, p. 84 (illustrated).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein 1961-63, November 2017-January 2018, n.p., no. 14 (illustrated).
Porto, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Coleção Sonnabend: Meio Século de Arte Europeia e Americana, Part II, May-September 2018, pp. 6 and 71 (illustrated).
Saskatoon, Remai Modern, The Sonnabend Collection, October 2019-April 2020, p. 70 (illustrated).
Vienna, Albertina, Roy Lichtenstein: A Centennial Exhibition, March-July 2024, p. 103 (illustrated).
Mantua, Sonnabend Collection Mantova, 2025-2026 (permanent collection display).
Presentado por
Kathryn Widing
Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale