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Roy Lichtenstein Composition IV (C. 293) For Sale
Roy Lichtenstein
Composition IV (C. 293), 1995
Screenprint
13 x 20 in 33 x 50.8 cm
Edition
Edition of 120
About this work
Roy Lichtenstein’s Composition IV (C. 293), created in 1995, is part of the artist’s late exploration of music as visual abstraction, where sheet music becomes both subject and structure. Like other works in his Composition series, this screenprint reimagines the linearity of musical notation, transforming it into a bold, graphic interplay of rhythm, form, and color.Here, Lichtenstein strips music of its function as a system for sound and instead recasts it as a visual architecture of rhythm. The intertwining staves bend and twist across the surface, refusing to conform to their usual rigidity. Musical notes—usually precise indicators of pitch and time—float instead as playful graphic symbols, emphasizing their role as visual icons rather than auditory instructions.The palette of crisp black lines against blocks of yellow, red, white, and blue situates the work firmly in Lichtenstein’s Pop idiom. The vivid colors break up the composition like syncopated beats, punctuating the field of notes and bars with bursts of intensity. By introducing flat zones of color—such as the bright yellow rectangle and red diagonals—Lichtenstein destabilizes the grid-like logic of notation, giving the piece a sense of improvisation akin to jazz.This work, like Composition I–III, demonstrates Lichtenstein’s fascination with how systems of representation mediate experience. Just as his Brushstroke series reimagined the painterly gesture as a mechanical sign, Composition IV reduces music to an image, questioning the boundaries between sensory modes. In doing so, Lichtenstein creates a kind of meta-commentary on creativity, showing how the structures that shape art—whether brushstrokes or musical notes—can be abstracted, exaggerated, and transformed into art themselves.Executed just a few years before his death, Composition IV embodies the artist’s mature style: playful yet rigorous, accessible yet intellectually probing. It illustrates his enduring ability to take familiar cultural forms and remake them into sharp, witty, and vibrant explorations of perception and meaning.For more information or to buy Composition IV (C. 293) by Roy Lichtenstein, contact our galleries using the form below.
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Auction History
Composition IV (C. 293) · Roy Lichtenstein · Phillips · 2024-09 · $30,111
Composition IV · Roy Lichtenstein · Phillips · 2021-10 · $27,720
Composition IV · Roy Lichtenstein · Ketterer · 2023-03 · $23,735
Composition IV (Corlett 293) · Roy Lichtenstein · Bonhams · 2022-05 · $21,675
Composition IV · Roy Lichtenstein · Christie's · 2018-10 · $21,250
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Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) is the defining figure of American Pop Art and one of the most actively traded artists on the post-war and contemporary market. His bold graphic language — Ben-Day dots, black outlines, primary palettes drawn from comic books and advertising — is among the most instantly recognisable in twentieth-century art. Born in New York City, he was exhibited by Leo Castelli Gallery from 1962 and worked until his death in September 1997, producing one of the most extensively documented print catalogues of any artist of his generation.
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The most liquid and accessible segment of his market. Working with Gemini G.E.L., Petersburg Press, and Castelli Graphics, Lichtenstein produced lithographs, screenprints, woodcuts, and relief prints across three decades. Key series at Guy Hepner:
- Brushstrokes (1965–66) — Pop satire of Abstract Expressionist gesture; his most conceptually celebrated series
- Haystacks (1969) — Monet homage in Ben-Day dots and primary colour; his most decorative print subject
- Cathedral — Rouen Cathedral reworked through his commercial-art graphic vocabulary
- American Indian Theme (1980) — a major suite exploring Indigenous American motifs
- Reflections (1988–94) — canvases-within-canvases; his most technically intricate prints; strongest late-career market
- Nudes (1994–97) — figurative final series synthesising his full graphic vocabulary
- Interiors (1990s) — consumer culture imagery from furniture and décor catalogues; a distinctly American subject
- Peace Through Chemistry — Science and Technology series; bold, graphic, institutionally held
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- Signed lithographs, Haystacks / Cathedral / American Indian Theme: $30,000–$150,000
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- Early 1960s single-sheet works and rare artist's proofs: $100,000+
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