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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 9, 2022 | Christie's | New York | The Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann Evening Sale | 5A | $****** - ****** | Lichtenstein But It's Hopeless |
paintings
112.1 x 112.7 cm (44.13 x 44.38 in)
oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
signed, inscribed and dated 'Study for Lichtenstein's That's The way it should have begun - but Sturtevant '69-70' (on the reverse)
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, White Columns, Sturtevant, February-March 1986.
Meymac, Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Aspects de l'Art du XXe Siècle , August-December 1991, p. 106, no. 4 (illustrated).
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Das Goldene Zeitalter, November 1991-February 1992.
J.-U. Albig, ‘"Ein Bericht von J.-U. Albig," Art 11, November 1988, p. 56 (illustrated).
L. Maculan, Sturtevant. Catalogue Raisonné 1964-2004 . Gemälde Skulptur Film und Video/Painting Sculpture Film and Video, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005, pp. 109-110, no. 236, no. 240 (illustrated, no. 236 and no. 240 are switched).
STURTEVANT (1926-2014)
Lichtenstein But It's Hopeless
signed, inscribed and dated 'Study for Lichtenstein's That's The way it should have begun - but Sturtevant '69-70' (on the reverse)
oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas
44 1⁄8 x 44 3⁄8 in. (112 x 112.7 cm.)
Executed in 1969-1970.
