Red And Yellow Apple
Red And Yellow Apple
Signed Print
Roy Lichtenstein
£9,000-£13,500
$19,000-$28,000 Value Indicator
$17,000-$25,000 Value Indicator
¥90,000-¥130,000 Value Indicator
€10,500-€16,000 Value Indicator
$90,000-$140,000 Value Indicator
¥1,720,000-¥2,580,000 Value Indicator
$12,000-$18,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Woodcut
Edition size: 60
Year: 1983
Size: H 58cm x W 77cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2022 | Bonhams New York | United States | |||
| September 2022 | Bonhams Los Angeles | United States | |||
| April 2021 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| May 2018 | Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers | United States | |||
| May 2017 | Freeman's | United States | |||
| October 2012 | Ketterer Kunst Hamburg | Germany | |||
| March 2012 | Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris | France |
Meaning & Analysis
Roy Lichtenstein’s Red And Yellow Appleof 1983 belongs to his Seven Apple Woodcuts, a humorous revision of two major art historical practices. Lichtenstein in this sequence interrogates the act of touching brush against canvas, as idolised by the abstract expressionists. Additionally, he also reflects on the enduring status of still lifes, as immortalised by renaissance and impressionist masters in particular.
The Seven Apple Woodcuts are abstracted versions of Lichtenstein’s previous Six Still Lifes of 1974. The series also serves as the conceptual predecessor of Lichtenstein’s Brushstroke Faces of 1989. Expressive sweeps of colour are the vehicles, with which Lichtenstein reconsiders the formal qualities of still lifes and the authority given to painterly gestures of the past.
Red And Yellow Appledisplays energetic strokes situated on a simple off-white background, devoid of patterns. Prompted by the title, the observer visualises two fruits, however, in reality, only one red apple is portrayed, while the other is symbolised by bright yellow streaks. Red And Yellow Apple proves that it isn’t necessary to figuratively capture both shapes, in order for audience’s to recognise the subject matter. Lichtenstein keenly embraces a sense of technical finesse with which he engages in a simulated process of painting. As a result, the beholder forgets that the print was in fact executed as a woodcut.
