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Artists›Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein

1923–1997

WA-00001361

New York, NY, USA

Post-Impressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

669

Works in Collection

962

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ151679

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

2026

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Roy Lichtenstein

Gagosian

2026

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Roy Lichtenstein

Whitney Museum of American Art

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Gagosian + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (7)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/roy-lichtenstein
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Matthew-Markshttps://www.artsy.net/artist/roy-lichtenstein
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/roy-lichtenstein
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Thaddaeus-Ropachttps://ropac.net/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3542
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Roy Lichtenstein yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (669)

Whaam!

1997 · wall

support: 1727 x 4064 mm frame: 1747 x 4084 x 60 mm

Tate

Bellagio Hotel Mural: Interior with Painting of Reclining Nude (Study)

1997 · Collage and graphite pencil on board

Sheet (sight): 36 × 51 3/4 in. (91.4 × 131.4 cm) Mount (sight): 38 × 52 7/8 in. (96.5 × 134.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Bellagio Hotel Mural: Still Life with Reclining Nude (Study)

1997 · Collage and graphite pencil on board

Sheet (sight): 38 5/8 × 54 5/16 in. (98.1 × 138 cm) Image (sight): 36 1/2 × 52 3/16 in. (92.7 × 132.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Brushstroke Still Life with Box

1997 · Screenprint on coated metal

Sheet: 49 1/2 × 68 1/16 in. (125.7 × 172.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Brushstroke Still Life with Lamp

1997 · Screenprint and acrylic on coated metal

Sheet: 49 5/8 × 68 in. (126 × 172.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Reclining Nude I, Aurora (Study)

1997 · Graphite and marker on polyester tracing film

Sheet (Irregular): 23 1/4 × 20 3/8 in. (59.1 × 51.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

House III (Study)

1997 · Graphite on tracing paper

Sheet (irregular): 23 1/8 × 37 3/16 in. (58.7 × 94.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Brushstroke Still Life with Coffee Pot

1997 · 23-color screenprint on honeycomb-core aluminum panel inset in a white wood frame

Overall: 56 3/4 × 69 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (144.1 × 176.5 × 4.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Interior with Chair

1997 · Color screenprint on white wove paper

Image: 68 × 52.8 cm (26 13/16 × 20 13/16 in.); Sheet: 93.7 × 68.5 cm (36 15/16 × 27 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Table with Two Vases of Flowers)

1997 · Cut-and-pasted painted paper and cut-and-pasted printed paper with pressure-sensitive tape and pencil on paperboard

35 x 31 1/4" (88.9 x 79.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Interior with Chair from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio

1997 · Screenprint from a portfolio of four screenprints (one with hot stamping), three etchings (one with aquatint), one offset lithograph, and one lithograph

composition: 27 3/16 × 20 9/16" (69 × 52.3 cm); sheet: 37 1/16 × 27 1/16" (94.1 × 68.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life from The Geldzahler Portfolio

1997 · Screenprint from a portfolio of three lithographs, two etchings (one with aquatint), two screenprints, one digital print, one offset lithograph, one solar plate intaglio, and one video transfer

composition: 17 1/2 x 18 7/8" (44.4 x 48cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 1/8" (75 x 56.2cm)

29 7/8 × 22 1/8 in. (75.9 × 56.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brushstrokes

1996 · aluminium

Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (14 × 22.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Hologram Interior (Model)

1996 · Collaged paper, tape and pins on board

Overall: 23 1/8 × 18 5/16 × 6 in. (58.7 × 46.5 × 15.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pyramid (Maquette)

1996 · Collaged paper and tape on foamcore

Overall: 17 1/16 × 28 3/4 × 5 in. (43.3 × 73 × 12.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pyramid (Maquette)

1996 · Collaged paper, acrylic, and tape on foamcore

Overall: 17 1/8 × 25 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (43.5 × 65.7 × 10.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Woman: Sunlight, Moonlight (Model)

1996 · Collaged paper and tape on board

Overall: 41 3/8 × 17 × 14 in. (105.1 × 43.2 × 35.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Hologram Interior (Model)

1996 · Collaged paper, tape and pins on board

Overall: 14 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 6 in. (35.9 × 60.6 × 15.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Model for Hologram (C Project)

1996 · Computer print mounted on wood, 4 layers

Overall: 25 5/8 × 14 9/16 × 7 1/4 in. (65.1 × 37 × 18.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pyramid (Maquette)

1996 · Collaged paper and tape on foamcore

Overall: 14 5/8 × 30 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (37.1 × 77.2 × 21 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Wall Pyramid (Model)

1996 · Collaged paper and tape on board

Overall: 13 1/2 × 19 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (34.3 × 49.8 × 16.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Virtual Interior with Book

1996 · Screenprint

Sheet: 23 15/16 × 18 in. (60.8 × 45.7 cm) Image: 20 3/16 × 13 15/16 in. (51.3 × 35.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Venetian School II

1996 · Screenprint

Sheet: 47 7/16 × 33 7/8 in. (120.5 × 86 cm) Image: 41 1/8 × 26 7/8 in. (104.5 × 68.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (8)

669 published of 845 catalogued · 762 with image

Whitney
420 published420 img
MoMA
139 publishedof 278 catalogued240 img
Art Institute Chicago
62 published62 img
Tate
33 published33 img
The Met
8 publishedof 37 catalogued
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
+ 2 more sources · 8 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Untitled [still life]
— · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Untitled [still life]
— · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Seascape
1985 · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Untitled [house]
— · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Untitled [wine bottle]
— · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Untitled
1958 · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Virtual Interior: Portrait of a Duck
1995 · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Untitled [flowers in vase]
— · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Bull II
1973 · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url
Untitled [house]
— · Whitney · 1 prov
Whitney·primary_image_url

Record

Images

66 assets

Wikipedia

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Roy Lichtenstein Drowning Girl narrative

Wikimedia Commons

E Wehrmann Roy Lichtenstein (Venezia 1966)

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons

PikiWiki Israel 12698 The sculpture quot;Modern Headquot; in Jerusal

Wikimedia Commons

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Relationships

Influence5

Reginald MarshinfluenceHoyt L. ShermaninfluenceValerio Adamiinfluence Chris Drangeinfluence Allan Kaprowinfluence

Peers & Context34

Richard Artschwagerco-exhibited Chryssaco-exhibited Jim Dineco-exhibitedAndy Warholco-exhibitedMaurizio Cattelanco-exhibited Yayoi Kusamaco-exhibited

Movements1

Post-Impressionism

Collections10

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Leo Castelli Gallery

New York City, United States

Represented by

Gagosian

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Ohio State University

Visual Arts

Art Students League of New York

Visual Arts

Ohio University

Visual Arts

Dwight School

Visual Arts

Record

Selected Credits

95 total

2026Roy Lichtenstein — Gagosianexhibition

2023Great Painters Roy Lichtenstein Coloring Book — Lulu Press, Inc.publication

2023Comic Drawing Course Roy Lichtenstein — Lulu Press, Inc.publication

2020Roy Lichtenstein Coloring Book — Independently Publishedpublication

2018Source and Stimulus — Lévy Gorvypublication

20182019 : Künstler Wie Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring und Romero Britto Haben Diese Kunstrichtung Berühmt Gemacht — CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platformpublication

2018Roy Lichtenstein. Die Transformation Von Kitsch Zu Kunst — GRIN Verlag GmbHpublication

2017Lichtenstein Masterpieces of Art — Flame Tree Publishingpublication

2017Roy Lichtenstein und der Comic. Provokation in Den Comic-Werken — GRIN Verlag GmbHpublication

2017Roy Lichtenstein 1961-63 — Starr Gallery, Craig F.publication

2016Melinda Camber Porter in Conversatioin with Roy Lichtenstein — Blake Presspublication

2016Roy Lichtenstein German Edition — Taschen UKpublication

2015Meaning and Purpose of Pop Art in Light of the Works of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein — GRIN Verlag GmbHpublication

2014Tate Introductions — Tate Publishing, Limitedpublication

2014Roy Lichtenstein by Stephen Booth — CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platformpublication

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Network

Related Artists

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Rago	Oct 2025	$4,000 – $6,000	$3,200
Untitled	Rago	Oct 2025	$4,000 – $6,000	Unsold

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Exhibitions and timeline

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Exhibition Roy Lichtenstein Gagosian

2026

Solo Exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective (Centre Pompidou)

Solo Exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective (Tate Modern)

Solo Exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective (National Gallery of Art)

Solo Exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective (Art Institute of Chicago)

Solo Exhibition Roy Lichtenstein (Guggenheim Museum)