Category
Print-MultipleMedium
AquatintType of Artwork
Multiple (31/42)Certificate issued by
GallerySignature
Hand signedSize of the artwork
48 x 35.5 cm(18.9 x 13.98 in)
Condition
excellentPublisher
Les Editions Du Solstice Paris, Including original paper folderCatalogue raisonné reference
Mary Lee Corlett: “The prints of Roy Lichtenstein” (Catalogue Raisonne) Number 267Artwork description
Roy LICHTENSTEIN
(1923-1997)
Illustration for “Passage du Nord-Ouest”(1992)
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From: La Nouvelle Chute de ’America. Original Etching with Aquatint, 1992, on Japan Nacre paper, Signed and dated ‘92, by the artist, in pencil lower right. Sold with this is the paper portfolio cover imprinted “Suite sur Japan Nacre”. This is framed beneath the piece to keep the two items together proving provenance from the portfolio. Edition: The unbound book edition was 80 and 45 hors commerce in Roman numerals)
Published by: Les Editions Du Solstice Paris, Including original paper folder. Printed by: Atelier Dupont-Visat, l'Inéditeur, Paris
Note: This is from a suit of 10 Etchings with Aquatint. The piece Illustrates Ginsberg’s poem “Northwest Passage”, which details the harrowing consequences of local pollution and industrial reach. To this day, the Northwest Passage represents centuries of effort to find a route westward from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
Public Collections: Philadelphia Museum of Art. National Gallery of Art - Landover, MD 20785