American Indian Theme
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Roy Lichtenstein Composition I (C. 297) For Sale
Roy Lichtenstein
Composition I (C. 297), 1996
Screen print
39 x 29 in 99.1 x 73.7 cm
About this work
Roy Lichtenstein’s Composition I (C. 297), created in 1996, demonstrates the artist’s lifelong fascination with visual rhythm, structure, and the translation of sound into image. Here, musical notation—staff lines, notes, and bars—unfurls across the surface in bold sweeps, weaving into a complex yet tightly ordered composition. The screen print exemplifies Lichtenstein’s ability to distill the dynamism of one medium (music) into the rigid mechanics of another (graphic art). The curling, intersecting staves mimic both movement and melody, their curves suggesting the flow of a symphonic score made visible. The bold black notes punctuate the field like beats, while splashes of primary color—blue, yellow, red—recall Lichtenstein’s signature Pop palette. This use of color, contained yet vibrant, creates a harmony that mirrors musical intervals, offering the viewer both a visual and conceptual score. As with his Brushstroke works of the 1960s, Lichtenstein engages in a meta-commentary on artistic creation. Just as the Brushstrokes transformed the expressive gesture of painting into a mechanical, Pop icon, Composition I mechanizes the ephemeral nature of music into a crisp, static graphic language. The ephemeral becomes permanent, the flowing becomes structured, and sound is transformed into sight. The print also resonates with modernist traditions of synesthesia, recalling artists such as Wassily Kandinsky who sought to render music as visual abstraction. However, where Kandinsky pursued the spiritual and transcendent, Lichtenstein embraces the commercial, the mechanical, and the flat—appropriating a universal language of notation and stripping it of its acoustic dimension. What remains is a bold, ironic meditation on art’s ability to represent what cannot be fixed: time, rhythm, and sound. Created near the end of his career, Composition I reflects Lichtenstein’s continued exploration of how art can deconstruct its own languages. It stands as both a celebration of music’s vitality and a witty reduction of its infinite fluidity into Pop Art’s characteristic grammar of lines, dots, and color blocks. For more information or to buy Composition I (C. 297) by Roy Lichtenstein, contact our galleries using the form below.
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Edition & Provenance
- Year
- 1996
- Medium
- Screen print
- Edition
- Edition of 50 plus 10 AP
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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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Roy Lichtenstein art for sale spans signed prints, paintings, and unique works across his full catalogue. His most collected categories: signed and numbered screenprints and lithographs from the major series, unique works on paper, and large-format canvas paintings. The auction benchmark was set when Masterpiece (1962) sold for $165 million in a private transaction in 2017, and Nurse (1964) achieved $95.4 million at Christie's New York in 2015. Major print series regularly achieve $100,000–$2 million at Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips.
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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
Signed impressions command significant premiums over unsigned editions. Corlett catalogue raisonné reference and publisher's certificate documentation are essential for any acquisition.
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Roy Lichtenstein original art for sale — unique paintings on canvas — represents the rarest category of his output. Major early canvases are primarily in institutional collections; secondary market appearances are concentrated at evening sales at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips. Works on paper and preparatory drawings offer compelling opportunities for collectors seeking unique works with strong Lichtenstein provenance at more accessible price points.
Roy Lichtenstein Prints — Price Guide
- Unsigned secondary series editions: $5,000–$25,000
- Signed lithographs, Haystacks / Cathedral / American Indian Theme: $30,000–$150,000
- Signed screenprints, Brushstrokes / Reflections / Nudes: $40,000–$500,000
- Early 1960s single-sheet works and rare artist's proofs: $100,000+
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