Glazed ceramic tiles, concrete
770 3/8 x 261 7/16 x 183 1/16 in. (1956.8 x 664 x 465 cm)
Signed on yellow and black brushstroke edge: rf Lichtenstein
Classification: sculpture (unique)
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Catalogue entry

Artwork: Barcelona Head, c. 1988 (fabricated 1992) (RLCR 3769)
RLCR 3769 (RL 1402)
Barcelona Head
c. 1988 (fabricated 1992)
Title Source
RLF
Media
Glazed ceramic tiles, concrete
Dimensions
770 3/8 x 261 7/16 x 183 1/16 in. (1956.8 x 664 x 465 cm)
Inscriptions
Signed on yellow and black brushstroke edge: rf Lichtenstein
Remarks

Location: Passeig de Colom, Barcelona, Spain

Organizer: HOLSA (Barcelona Holding Olimpico, S.A.), a joint venture of the Spanish state and Barcelona Town Hall established to prepare the city for the 1992 Olympic Games.

Engineers: ESTEYCO (mainly Javier Rui-Wamba Martija and Miguel Angel Fernández). Technical planning under the direction of IMPU (L'Institut Municipal del Paisatge Urbà), represented by the architect Pedro Barragán and its director Josep Acebillo, assisted by Xavier Nieto.

Cement manufacturer: Fusté, Sentmenat (Barcelona)

Tile fabricator: Rosa Grés, Cerdanyola (Barcelona) 

Tiling by Joaquim Blanes.

Research Images
Barcelona Head, c. 1988 (fabricated 1992) (RLCR 3769). Detail
Detail
Photo: Carlos Carvajal
Barcelona Head, c. 1988 (fabricated 1992) (RLCR 3769). Detail
Detail
Barcelona Head, c. 1988 (fabricated 1992) (RLCR 3769). Detail
Detail
Barcelona Head, c. 1988 (fabricated 1992) (RLCR 3769). Detail
Detail
Photo: Carlos Carvajal
Barcelona Head, c. 1988 (fabricated 1992) (RLCR 3769). Sample tiles gifted to RLF Archives by Francisco Fusté in 2014
Sample tiles gifted to RLF Archives by Francisco Fusté in 2014
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Provenance
Ajuntament de Barcelona (The City of Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
Literature
Navarro Arisa, Juan José. "Una escultura de 20 metros de Lichtenstein se erigirá en el puerto de Barcelona." El país (Madrid), June 29, 1991, p. unavail. not ill.
"Lichtenstein Unveils a New Sculpture in Barcelona." New York Times, July 8, 1992, p. C15 ill. (in situ, with artist).
Braff, Phyllis. "Lichtenstein Sculpture: Full View." New York Times, August 16, 1992, p. 1 not ill., p. 12 not ill.
Waldman, Diane. Roy Lichtenstein. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1993. Exhibition catalogue (1993 New York Guggenheim), no. 270 n.p color ill. [not exhibited].
Wachtmeister, Marika. "Roy Lichtenstein: En lågmäld popkonstnär." Femina (Helsingborg, Sweden), no. 8 (August 1994), p. 98 color ill. (in situ).
Waldman, Diane. Roy Lichtenstein. Translated from the English by Bram Opstelten and Magda Moses. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1994. Exhibition catalogue (1993 New York Guggenheim), no. 270 n.p color ill. [not exhibited].
Aguilar, Sergi. Senyals públics: Apunts sobre intervencions artístiques a l'espai urbà. Edited by Patronat Municipal de Cultura, Mataró, Spain. Mataró, Spain: Patronat Municipal de Cultura, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999 Mataró Can Palauet), p. 33 color ill. (in situ), [not exhibited].
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Lichtenstein: Sculpture and Drawings. Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1998 Mexico City Museo del Palacio), n.p. facing p. 159 b/w ill. [not exhibited].
Salus, Carol. "Roy Lichtenstein: Mosaicist, 1950s and 1990s." Ceramics: Art and Perception (Sydney), no. 66 (December 2006), p. 80 color ill. (in situ).
Faton-Boyancé, Jeanne, ed. L'objet d'art. Special issue, Roy Lichtenstein exposition au Centre Pompidou, no. 69 (July 2013), p. 14 color ill. (in situ).
Celant, Germano. Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor. Milan: Skira Editore for Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, 2013. Exhibition catalogue (2013 Venice Vedova), no. 155 n.p. preceding p. 196 color ill. [not exhibited].
Celant, Germano. Roy Lichtenstein Sculptor. Milan: Skira Editore for Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, 2013. Exhibition catalogue (2013 Venice Vedova), no. 155 n.p. preceding p. 196 color ill. [not exhibited].
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Entry Updated November 1, 2023