Against Apartheid
Against Apartheid
Signed Print
Roy Lichtenstein
£7,000-£10,500
$14,500-$22,000 Value Indicator
$13,000-$19,000 Value Indicator
¥70,000-¥100,000 Value Indicator
€8,000-€12,000 Value Indicator
$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator
¥1,320,000-¥1,980,000 Value Indicator
$9,500-$14,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 100
Year: 1983
Size: H 78cm x W 60cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Bonhams Los Angeles | United States | |||
| October 2024 | Phillips New York | United States | |||
| September 2024 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | United States | |||
| May 2023 | Bonhams New York | United States | |||
| September 2022 | Bonhams Skinner | United States | |||
| September 2020 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2020 | Bonhams Los Angeles | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
Roy Lichtenstein’s Against Apartheid from 1983 is an elaborate lithograph that exemplifies his outstanding talent as a print maker. It is also a wonderful example of the artist’s mastery of art history. As a leading figure of Pop Art, Lichtenstein is best known for his graphic cartoon aesthetic. However, the artist frequently fused non-figural shapes, historical genres and painterly gestures too.
Against Apartheid abandons Lichtenstein’s characteristic stenciled dots and paneled disposition. Instead, the work features imitations of abstract expressionist brushwork. As a result, the composition bears resemblance to Lichtenstein’s concurrent Brushstroke Faces and Paintings.
The enlarged bottom left corner of a bright yellow frame covers the majority of Against Apartheid’s pictorial plane. The cropped portrait is mounted on a stark black and white striped background. A muted explosion of contrasting green, grey, cream, and red coloured brushstrokes erupts within the frame. Lichtenstein intertwines his schematic sweeps and spontaneous gestural marks. The final impression of the image evokes in the viewer a feeling of incompleteness.
Against Apartheid was manufactured by the artist to raise awareness for a noble cause. The work benefitted Artists of the World, an organization established in cooperation with the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in South Africa.