Fish And Sky
Fish And Sky
Signed Print
Roy Lichtenstein
£4,500-£6,500 VALUE (EST.)
$8,500-$12,000 VALUE (EST.)
$7,500-$11,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥40,000-¥60,000 VALUE (EST.)
€5,000-€7,500 VALUE (EST.)
$45,000-$60,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥780,000-¥1,130,000 VALUE (EST.)
$5,500-$8,000 VALUE (EST.)
This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.
Lithograph, 1967
Signed Print Edition of 200
H 50cm x W 60cm
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Fish And Sky - Signed Print | |||
| November 2022 | Christie's New York - United States | Fish And Sky - Signed Print | |||
| May 2022 | Bonhams New York - United States | Fish And Sky - Signed Print | |||
| November 2021 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Fish And Sky - Signed Print | |||
| March 2020 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Fish And Sky - Signed Print | |||
| November 2019 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Fish And Sky - Signed Print | |||
| December 2017 | Lempertz, Cologne - Germany | Fish And Sky - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Roy Lichtenstein’s 1967 Fish And Sky is one of ten works from a portfolio commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York. Lichtenstein’s Fish And Sky is an outstanding mixed media work, featuring photographic as well as lithographic elements. This signed print is part of a limited edition of 200.
Roy Lichtenstein’s 1967 Fish And Sky was commissioned for a tribute portfolio commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York. Lichtenstein and Castelli collaborated on various projects over the course of their respective careers.
Fish And Sky employs industrial preparatory processes and the means of mixed media to achieve a distance from traditional painting techniques. Drawing a clear parallel to Lichtenstein’s innovative Landscapes, Moonscapes And Seascapes, the work experiments with spatial interplays.
Fish And Sky reduces the attributes of a fictitious waterscape to essential compositional and pictorial elements. The work depicts a playful photo-collage split in two by a boldly outlined horizon line and a distant dotted mountain chain. The upper half of the work consists of an abstracted and hazy illustration of grey skies. Below, the artist inserts a photograph capturing an underwater scene with its own enchanting ecosystem of aquatic animals and plants.
Although the scene has been condensed into purely associative forms, the simple layout of the print carries a potent and humorous visual impact. The work manifests the artist’s boundless imagination and remarkable technical expertise. Fish and Sky ultimately conjures an alternative reality, similar to the dreamscapes of Lichtenstein’s later Surrealist series.
