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Before The Mirror - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1975 - MyArtBroker

Before The Mirror
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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Planographic print, 1975
Signed Print Edition of 100
H 109cm x W 81cm

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2023Sotheby's London - United KingdomBefore The Mirror - Signed Print
March 2023Sotheby's Online - United KingdomBefore The Mirror - Signed Print
October 2020Phillips New York - United StatesBefore The Mirror - Signed Print
November 2015Sotheby's New York - United StatesBefore The Mirror - Signed Print
March 2012Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris - FranceBefore The Mirror - Signed Print
May 2011Bonhams San Francisco - United StatesBefore The Mirror - Signed Print
October 2010Bonhams San Francisco - United StatesBefore The Mirror - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

In keeping with the traditions of object painting, Before The Mirror maintains the conventional appearance of its main motif. However, the artist dismisses the object’s intended purposes, removing its metaphorical implications, as well as its functionality. Instead, Lichtenstein focuses on the unpaintable aspect of mirrors; the play of reflections. Growing his fragmented composition with great geometric precision, the artist utilises the abstract and artificial qualities of his own visual language.

Before The Mirror is both constituted and obscured by a pop aesthetic in its depiction of a mirror with still life. Adorned by diversified streaks and parallel diagonal lines, the patterns allude to the optical attributes of luminous glass. As usual, Lichtenstein portrays his mirror frontally, compensating the absence of concrete reflections by placing a lemon and a glass in their place. Presented legibly but consistently qualified by flatness and a matte finish, the work functions as a sly misrepresentation.

Over the course of his career, Lichtenstein worked on several series of object paintings, which also conveyed material realities in the style of comics. With his Entablatures, for instance, he reproduced magnified architectural fragments. Meanwhile, his Water Lilies and Reflections series conducted further investigations into light, perception, and representation.

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