Reflections On Expressionist Painting
Reflections On Expressionist Painting
Signed Print
Roy Lichtenstein
£25,000-£35,000Value
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$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator
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¥4,660,000-¥6,520,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Planographic print
Format: Signed Print
Year: 1990
Size: H 145cm x W 94cm
Edition size: 60
Signed: Yes
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Roy Lichtenstein's "Reflections On Expressionist Painting", a Planographic Print from 1990, is estimated to be worth between £25,000 and £35,000. This artwork has been sold at auction 10 times since its initial sale in May 2008. Despite no sales in the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £14,881 in March 2020, showing a consistent return to the seller. The artwork has demonstrated an impressive average annual growth rate of 11% in the last five years. This artwork has reached international recognition, being sold in four different countries: the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, and Sweden. Please note, this print is signed and the edition size is limited to only 60.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Sotheby's London - United Kingdom | Reflections On Expressionist Painting - Signed Print | |||
| April 2018 | Phillips New York - United States | Reflections On Expressionist Painting - Signed Print | |||
| March 2018 | Sotheby's London - United Kingdom | Reflections On Expressionist Painting - Signed Print | |||
| June 2017 | Uppsala Auktionskammare - Sweden | Reflections On Expressionist Painting - Signed Print | |||
| May 2013 | Christie's New York - United States | Reflections On Expressionist Painting - Signed Print | |||
| April 2011 | Christie's New York - United States | Reflections On Expressionist Painting - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Reflections On Expressionist Painting from 1990 belongs to Roy Lichtenstein’s Reflections series. The work was also featured in The Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Portfolio. The sequence takes the artist’s popular designs and disrupts them by seemingly depicting them through a glass lens. As opposed to a simple concept of ‘theme and variation’, the Reflections series plays with Lichtenstein’s favoured ideas of light and reflection.
The partly hidden images in this sequence are altered and obscured by fractions of stylised glass, pushing them to the point of abstraction. The subjects are glimpsed between sharp mirrored shapes that break and refract the surface of the image.
Similar to Reflections On Brushstrokes of the same series, Reflections On Expressionist Painting acts as a parody of the art historical value placed on the traditional artistic gesture of brushwork. Lichtenstein challenged the long-standing conventions of artistic practice by incorporating the brushstroke motif in several of his printed series. As opposed to a freestyle stroke at the hands of modern artists, the sweeps in this work are reproduced systematically and precisely through industrial printing processes. The work draws attention to the visual effects of reflection of light as well as the multitude of different patterns, colours, and forms.
