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Peace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print by Roy Lichtenstein 1970 - MyArtBroker

Peace Through Chemistry IV
Signed Print

Roy Lichtenstein

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Medium: Lithograph

Format: Signed Print

Year: 1970

Size: H 64cm x W 114cm

Edition size: 56

Signed: Yes

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Roy Lichtenstein's Peace Through Chemistry IV, a signed lithograph from 1970, is estimated to be worth between £21,000 and £30,000. It has sold at auction 8 times since its first sale in November 2003. Over the past five years, the artwork has shown a remarkable increase in value with an impressive average annual growth rate of 54%. The hammer price during this period was £23,423 in March 2023. This work has been sold in four different countries, including the Netherlands, Canada, United States, and Finland. In the last 12 months, it sold once for a total sales volume of £23,423. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 56.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Sotheby's London - United KingdomPeace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print
Sotheby's London - United KingdomPeace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print
March 2023Christie's Amsterdam - NetherlandsPeace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print
October 2016Waddington's - CanadaPeace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print
April 2015Phillips New York - United StatesPeace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print
October 2012Christie's New York - United StatesPeace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print
April 2011Sotheby's New York - United StatesPeace Through Chemistry IV - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

Peace Through Chemistry IV showcases a horizontal rectangle divided into three panels, akin to a triptych. Each third is halved by a strong diagonal line running across it. The print depicts a schematised progression, starting with natural imagery and concluding with a portrait of scientific growth. The artist uses elementary symbols to mark the different themes. The curvature of nature’s forms on the left counterbalances the angular industrial components in the middle and on the right.

This print exhibits limited fields of primary colour and eventually fades to black and white entirely. As a matter of fact, Lichtenstein treats the whole canvas in the same sparing manner. Peace Through Chemistry IV is an abstracted version of the other compositions from the same series. Nevertheless, the print wraps up the sequence neatly, pinning humanity against machinery. It ultimately functions as a printed mural, ridiculing industrialisation’s claim that peace is achievable through a scientific approach.

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