Catalogue entry
RLCR 294 (Busche 169; RL 4355)
King
c. 1951
Title Source
BuscheMedia
Wood, paintDimensions
19 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 1 3/16 in. (49 x 9.2 x 3 cm)Inscriptions
Signed verso, bottom: LichtensteinProvenance
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
Exhibitions
Carlebach Gallery, New York, Roy Lichtenstein, April 30–May 12, 1951 (Carlebach Gallery 1951, no. 25 not ill. ).
Art Colony Galleries, Cleveland, Oils, Watercolors, Drawings by Roy F. Lichtenstein, March 2–22, 1952. (as King on a Throne?)
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. ).
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, Ernst A. Roy Lichtenstein: Das Frühwerk, 1942–1960. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1988, no. 169 p. 67 b/w ill.
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