Red Apple And Yellow Apple
Red Apple And Yellow Apple
Signed Print
Roy Lichtenstein
£11,000-£16,000
$22,000-$30,000 Value Indicator
$20,000-$29,000 Value Indicator
¥100,000-¥140,000 Value Indicator
€13,000-€19,000 Value Indicator
$110,000-$160,000 Value Indicator
¥2,120,000-¥3,090,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Woodcut
Edition size: 60
Year: 1983
Size: H 71cm x W 95cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's London | United Kingdom | ||||
| September 2021 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| April 2021 | Phillips New York | United States | |||
| December 2019 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| October 2017 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| October 2014 | Bonhams San Francisco | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
Lichtenstein’s Seven Apple Woodcuts of 1983 is a humorous revision of two major art historical practices. The series firstly comments on the endurance of the still life genre, previously explored in his Six Still Lifesof 1974. Additionally, the sequence also functions as the predecessor of Lichtenstein’s later examination of painterly gestures, titled Brushstroke Faces from 1989.
Red Apple And Yellow Appleemploys Lichtenstein’s characteristic primary colour palette and exhibits the most three dimensional composition of the series. Black circular motions capture the shapes of the two apples side by side. The artist allows his colourful sweeps to flow in all directions, but keeps the outlines of the apples intact. The ascending brushstrokes are intersected by upward flowing ones, imbuing the work with a dynamic and unrefined quality.
The print is actively exploiting the abstract qualities of Lichtenstein’s own visual language, in order to parody art historical conventions granting authority to brushwork. The artist is directly critiquing the abstract expressionist belief that painterly gestures are guided by the subconscious. That being said, Lichtenstein keenly embraces a sense of technical finesse, with which he engages in a simulated process of still life painting. As a result, the beholder forgets that the print was in fact executed as a woodcut.
