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Mixed Media, 1972
Signed Mixed Media Edition of 80
H 71cm x W 71cm
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Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
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March 2022 | Bonhams Los Angeles - United States | Mirror #1 - Signed Mixed Media | |||
September 2019 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Mirror #1 - Signed Mixed Media | |||
March 2019 | Sotheby's London - United Kingdom | Mirror #1 - Signed Mixed Media | |||
April 2016 | Christie's New York - United States | Mirror #1 - Signed Mixed Media | |||
January 2012 | Phillips New York - United States | Mirror #1 - Signed Mixed Media | |||
May 2008 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Mirror #1 - Signed Mixed Media | |||
November 2007 | Phillips New York - United States | Mirror #1 - Signed Mixed Media |
Roy Lichtenstein launched his Mirror series in the late 1960s and concluded the sequence in the early 1990s. His abstracted Mirrors examine the symbolic implications of mirrors in art and mythology. Historically, the object has been used to reveal complex perspectives and invisible truths. In keeping with the traditions of object painting, Lichtenstein maintains the physical appearance of the motif. However, the artist dismisses the item’s symbolism and functionality, liberating it from its intended purposes.
Mirror 1, executed in 1972, captures an enlarged circle rendered in bright primary colours, flattened against a white backdrop. The circular shape is populated with a gradation of blue dots, mimicking the reflective attributes of glass. The pattern is framed by jagged red, black and yellow lines. Lichtenstein’s pop style undoubtedly forms, but also obscures his subject matter. Mirror is depicted frontally, displaying the complete absence of reflections. Therefore, the print is as much a misrepresentation, as it is an illustration of a mirror.
Over the course of his career, Lichtenstein embarked on several other series dealing with vision and representation. His Water Liliesand Reflections, for instance, explore various perceptions of light and reflection. Meanwhile, Lichtenstein’s Entablatures delve further into object painting, reproducing enlarged architectural fragments as their main composition.