Various Other Works
This section documents works that are not included in the Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonné. They are mostly artworks the artist abandoned or destroyed, works that have been classified as autographs, authorized replica, or projects originating with the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein (ERL). Also listed are test pieces created by others to help with the fabrication process of Lichtenstein's Barcelona Head sculpture.
An unauthorized Lichtenstein tapestry version made outside of an authorized edition is included here to document the history of its making.
Ongoing research may lead to further entries in the future.
Bill holder with reproduction of Lichtenstein's Still Life with Goldfish (Study), 1973 (RLCR 2199), which was published by Chanterelle restaurant in New York. The restaurant, founded and run by David and Karen Waltuck, featured changing artworks on their seasonal menus and bill holders (see here for the full collection). In 1992, Lichtenstein contributed an image of his 1973 drawing.
Some of the Lichtenstein bill holders were signed, inscribed and gifted to friends. Known copies:
(1) Collection of Tom Levine, New York, sold at Stair Galleries, Hudson, N.Y., June 3, 2021, lot 321
(2) Private Collection, New York
ModernMasters Fine Art/Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, Ind., c. 2013 (via Christopher Henry Gallery, New York City)
Dimensions per RL Studio Card.
Skot Foreman Fine Art, New York City, April 2014
Date per years that Carlene Meeker worked as a studio assistant for Lichtenstein.
Work could not be examined. Media line per appearance from photograph and description by Los Angeles Modern Auctions. Frame dimensions per Los Angeles Modern Auctions.
Richard Dorso, Los Angeles (via Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles)
(Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Los Angeles, October 9, 2011, lot 225 as Artist-Signed Shirt)
French photographer Frédéric Brenner (born 1959) photographed the artist on Ellis Island in 1996, as part of his 1978–2003 project Diaspora: Homelands in Exile. Lichtenstein is shown with a sheet of graduated dots paper, similar to the autographed piece in this record.
A 1992 account of provenance by Ron Weiss indicates that this and AUTO (RL 8034) were brushstroke cutouts prepared by the artist's studio in the process of making collages for Brushstroke Figure prints of 1989 (e.g., RLCR 3800, Portrait). They were signed and given to the publisher, Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa, when the prints were completed in March 1989.
Dr. and Mrs. John and Gaye Patton, Atlanta, 2001
A 1992 account of provenance by Ron Weiss indicates that this and AUTO (RL 8033) were brushstroke cutouts prepared by the artist's studio in the process of making collages for Brushstroke Figure prints of 1989, (e.g., RLCR 3800, Portrait). They were signed and given to the publisher, GraphicStudio, University of South Florida, Tampa, when the prints were completed in March 1989.
Dr. and Mrs. John and Gaye Patton, Atlanta, 2001