Wood, paint
19 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 1 3/16 in. (49 x 9.2 x 3 cm)
Signed verso, bottom: Lichtenstein
Classification: sculpture (unique) (wall)
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Catalogue entry

Artwork: King, c. 1951 (RLCR 294)
RLCR 294 (Busche 169; RL 4355)
King
c. 1951
Title Source
Busche
Media
Wood, paint
Dimensions
19 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 1 3/16 in. (49 x 9.2 x 3 cm)
Inscriptions
Signed verso, bottom: Lichtenstein
Provenance
Collection Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O'Sickey, Ohio (artist gift or sale)
The Algesa O'Sickey Trust, 2001
The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Collection, November 2013. Gift of The Algesa O'Sickey Trust
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, and Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. Gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in Celebration of the Centennial of Roy Lichtenstein, 2023
Exhibitions
1951 New York Carlebach
Carlebach Gallery, New York, Roy Lichtenstein, April 30–May 12, 1951 (Carlebach Gallery 1951, no. 25 not ill.).
1952 Cleveland Art Colony
Art Colony Galleries, Cleveland, Oils, Watercolors, Drawings by Roy F. Lichtenstein, March 2–22, 1952. (as King on a Throne?)
1994 Newark, Ohio, OSU
Art Gallery, Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, Ohio, Roy Lichtenstein: Pre-Pop, 1948–1960, May 7–June 8, 1994 (Ohio State University at Newark 1994, p. 17 b/w ill.).
2021 Waterville, Maine, Colby
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960, February 11–June 6, 2021 (Finch, E. and Price 2020, p. 90 color ill.). Traveled to: Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, August 1–October 24, 2021; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, March 5–June 5, 2022; Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 25, 2022–January 8, 2023.
Literature
Busche 1988
Busche, Ernst A. Roy Lichtenstein: Das Frühwerk, 1942–1960. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1988, no. 169 p. 67 b/w ill.
Corcoran 1999
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), p. 9 b/w ill. [not exhibited].
Entry Updated November 15, 2023