5 Year Print Market Review 2023
Crak - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1963 - MyArtBroker

Crak
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

£14,500-£22,000 VALUE (EST.)

$28,000-$40,000 VALUE (EST.)

$24,000-$35,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥130,000-¥200,000 VALUE (EST.)

17,000-25,000 VALUE (EST.)

$140,000-$210,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥2,630,000-¥3,990,000 VALUE (EST.)

$18,000-$27,000 VALUE (EST.)

19% AAGR (5YR)

This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

There aren’t enough data points on this work for a comprehensive result. Please speak to a specialist by making an enquiry.

Lithograph, 1963
Signed Print Edition of 300
H 49cm x W 70cm

TradingFloor

2 in network
9 want this
Your collection tracked in realtime.

Build your portfolio, manage valuations, view return against your collection and watch works you’re looking for.

Track value trend

Unlock up-to-the-minute market data on Roy Lichtenstein's Crak, login or create a free account today

Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Sotheby's London - United KingdomCrak - Signed Print
Sotheby's London - United KingdomCrak - Signed Print
September 2023Phillips New York - United StatesCrak - Signed Print
September 2023Lama - United StatesCrak - Signed Print
March 2023A.N. Abell Auction Company - United StatesCrak - Signed Print
November 2022Christie's New York - United StatesCrak - Signed Print
January 2022Phillips London - United KingdomCrak - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

The comic strip style was a means for the artist to visually represent narrative in an accessible and engaging manner, adeptly incorporating a wide range of subject matter relating to the human condition. The composition of Crakis reworked from a narrative written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Jack Abel in Star Spangled War Stories#102 from 1962. Lichtenstein crops and partially abstracts the image, and adds sand bags to the bottom left corner of the composition. It belongs to an established tradition of work created by the artist that relates to the military aesthetic and monocular vision. Politically loaded or socially subversive statements are barely concealed beneath the vibrant colours and graphic forms, and the overt approach to violence and female power is striking and profound. Adapting the original source in this way, Lichtenstein transforms the image and imbues it with his own artistic style, and was sophisticated in his reinvention of the visual language of popular culture. In his own words, "I am nominally copying, but I am really restating the copied thing in other terms. In doing that, the original acquires a totally different texture. It isn't thick or thin brushstrokes, it's dots and flat colours and unyielding lines."

Born in Manhattan in 1923, Roy Lichtenstein was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement during the second half of the 20th century. 1963 was a significant year for the artist’s career, during which he made some of his most well-known and successful works alongside Crak, including Whaam!Hopeless and Drowning Girl. They are depicted in his primary colour palette and with a satirical take on popular fiction that elevates trivial or familiar subjects into meaningful social commentary, blurring the distinction between high art and visual culture. This prosperous period of his career would go on not only to establish his name at the forefront of the American Pop Art movement, but to shape the trajectory of modern art.

Lichtenstein’s unique artistic style originates in the visual language of advertising and mass consumerism that was at the forefront of American popular culture during his lifetime, and his work evokes a society of widespread commercialism that has remained powerfully relevant to this day. He adapted artistic techniques from the commercial printing industry in his work, for example his appropriation of the Ben-Day dot, a technique derived from the images reproduced in newspaper print, meticulously mimicking the industrial process in his own hand. He also produced works that were influenced by comic strips, appropriating and parodying the typical motifs such as lettering and speech balloons, all of which would become signatures of his artwork. These distinctive and culturally relevant tropes are defining elements of Crak.

Related work

Brushstroke - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1965 - MyArtBroker
Brushstroke 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£27,000-£40,000 VALUE (EST.)

$50,000-$80,000 VALUE (EST.)

$45,000-$70,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥240,000-¥360,000 VALUE (EST.)

30,000-45,000 VALUE (EST.)

$260,000-$380,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥4,900,000-¥7,260,000 VALUE (EST.)

$35,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)

24% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

1 for sale
6 want this
Brushstrokes - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1967 - MyArtBroker
Brushstrokes 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£30,000-£45,000 VALUE (EST.)

$60,000-$90,000 VALUE (EST.)

$50,000-$70,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥270,000-¥400,000 VALUE (EST.)

35,000-50,000 VALUE (EST.)

$290,000-$430,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥5,450,000-¥8,180,000 VALUE (EST.)

$35,000-$60,000 VALUE (EST.)

54% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

1 for sale
5 want this
Thunderbolt - Mixed Media by Roy Lichtenstein 1966 - MyArtBroker
Thunderbolt 
Roy LichtensteinMixed Media 

TradingFloor

3 want this
Bicentennial Print - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1975 - MyArtBroker
Bicentennial Print 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£21,000-£30,000 VALUE (EST.)

$40,000-$60,000 VALUE (EST.)

$35,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥190,000-¥270,000 VALUE (EST.)

24,000-35,000 VALUE (EST.)

$200,000-$290,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥3,810,000-¥5,450,000 VALUE (EST.)

$26,000-$35,000 VALUE (EST.)

85% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

3 in network
2 want this
As I Opened Fire - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1966 - MyArtBroker
As I Opened Fire 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£2,050-£3,100 VALUE (EST.)

$3,900-$6,000 VALUE (EST.)

$3,400-$5,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥18,000-¥28,000 VALUE (EST.)

2,350-3,550 VALUE (EST.)

$20,000-$30,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥370,000-¥560,000 VALUE (EST.)

$2,500-$3,800 VALUE (EST.)

-4% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

15 in network
9 want this
Whaam! - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1967 - MyArtBroker
Whaam! 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£2,000-£3,000 VALUE (EST.)

$3,800-$5,500 VALUE (EST.)

$3,300-$4,950 VALUE (EST.)

¥18,000-¥27,000 VALUE (EST.)

2,300-3,450 VALUE (EST.)

$19,000-$29,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥360,000-¥540,000 VALUE (EST.)

$2,450-$3,650 VALUE (EST.)

-3% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

8 in network
13 want this
Two Nudes - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1994 - MyArtBroker
Two Nudes 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£140,000-£210,000 VALUE (EST.)

$270,000-$400,000 VALUE (EST.)

$230,000-$350,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥1,250,000-¥1,870,000 VALUE (EST.)

160,000-240,000 VALUE (EST.)

$1,340,000-$2,010,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥25,410,000-¥38,120,000 VALUE (EST.)

$170,000-$260,000 VALUE (EST.)

28% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

7 in network
2 want this
Sweet Dreams Baby! - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1965 - MyArtBroker
Sweet Dreams Baby! 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£50,000-£80,000 VALUE (EST.)

$90,000-$150,000 VALUE (EST.)

$80,000-$130,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥450,000-¥720,000 VALUE (EST.)

60,000-90,000 VALUE (EST.)

$480,000-$770,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥9,080,000-¥14,530,000 VALUE (EST.)

$60,000-$100,000 VALUE (EST.)

TradingFloor

4 in network
7 want this
Crying Girl - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1963 - MyArtBroker
Crying Girl 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£17,000-£25,000 VALUE (EST.)

$30,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)

$28,000-$40,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥150,000-¥220,000 VALUE (EST.)

20,000-29,000 VALUE (EST.)

$160,000-$240,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥3,090,000-¥4,540,000 VALUE (EST.)

$21,000-$30,000 VALUE (EST.)

-9% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

4 in network
6 want this
Cow Going Abstract - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1974 - MyArtBroker
Cow Going Abstract 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£13,000-£19,000 VALUE (EST.)

$25,000-$35,000 VALUE (EST.)

$21,000-$30,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥120,000-¥170,000 VALUE (EST.)

15,000-22,000 VALUE (EST.)

$120,000-$180,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥2,360,000-¥3,450,000 VALUE (EST.)

$16,000-$23,000 VALUE (EST.)

3% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

3 in network
5 want this
Landscape 4 - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1967 - MyArtBroker
Landscape 4 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£9,500-£14,500 VALUE (EST.)

$18,000-$28,000 VALUE (EST.)

$16,000-$24,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥80,000-¥130,000 VALUE (EST.)

11,000-17,000 VALUE (EST.)

$90,000-$140,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥1,720,000-¥2,630,000 VALUE (EST.)

$11,500-$18,000 VALUE (EST.)

19% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

3 in network
3 want this
Shipboard Girl - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1965 - MyArtBroker
Shipboard Girl 
Roy LichtensteinSigned Print 

£24,000-£35,000 VALUE (EST.)

$45,000-$70,000 VALUE (EST.)

$40,000-$60,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥210,000-¥310,000 VALUE (EST.)

28,000-40,000 VALUE (EST.)

$230,000-$340,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥4,360,000-¥6,360,000 VALUE (EST.)

$29,000-$45,000 VALUE (EST.)

-1% AAGR (5YR)

TradingFloor

3 in network
2 want this