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.
This model was made by the fabricator in the process of planning the fabrication of RLCR 3769, Barcelona Head, the monumental sculpture to be installed at the old port of the Catalan city. It helped the fabricators visualize the ceramic application on the final work.
Wooden structure built under the direction of IMPU (L'Institut Municipal del Paisatge Urbà), ceramic executed by Joaquim Blanes, cement base fabricated by Fusté, Sentmenat, Catalunya, Spain. Date per studio phone log indicating production for an enlarged maquette started October 1988 (RLF Archives). The sculpture was last seen in an exhibition in Rome in 1992.
A section of the future monumental sculpture was produced in a reduced scale for ceramist Joaquim Blanes to present eight different tile pattern options to the artist. Only four of them were still identifiable when the authors examined the piece in 2013. Lichtenstein picked pattern #2, as reflected in the tiling of the monumental sculpture.
Collage made by the artist's assistant James dePasquale and co-signed by Lichtenstein. According to dePasquale, he showed this work to Lichtenstein, who liked it and spontaneously decided to co-sign it. The cut papers are discarded collage elements made by the artist.
Manufacturer: Adhiraj Exports (Adhiraj Dutt with Raj Dutt as consultant), Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India; Imtiaz Ahmed (weaving graph designer); Pannalal (dyer); Shah Mohammed, Sipahilal, Moolchand and Noor Mohammad (loom owners/weavers)
This is a larger pile weave version outside the Aubusson weave tapestry edition originally authorized by Lichtenstein, RLCR 2245, Still Life Tapestry.
William Weber, former employee of Modern Master Tapestries (closed 1987), approached Raj Dutt in 1995 commissioning a copy of the Aubusson design in its original size of 78 x 58 in. In his October 19, 2017 email to the authors, Dutt explained that the size needed to be changed to 9 x 6 ft. because they "could not get all the details into the smaller size" using a pile weave.
According to Raj Dutt's October and November 2017 emails to the authors, at least four pieces of this unauthorized version were ordered by William Weber (one tapestry in 1995) and Charles Zalber of Galerie Lucie Weill & Seligman, Paris (three tapestries in c. 1999).
Galerie Lucie Weill & Seligman, Paris
(Briest Scp., Paris, Drouot Richelieu, July 6, 1999, Tableau du XIXe siécle, modernes, abstraits et contemporains, peintres de l'École de Paris, lot 269)
Collection Georges Dintras, Paris
Galerie Lucy Weill & Seligmann, Paris
Collection Marianne and Pierre Nahon, Paris, 2002
(Sotheby's Paris March 20, 2019, Collection Marianne et Pierre Nahon, sale PF1961, lot 251 as After Roy Lichtenstein)
William D. Weber Fine Arts, New York City
Barry Cronan Fine Art Ltd., London
{Bonhams Knightsbridge, London, April 16, 2008, sale 15788, lot 160 as Still Life (sold to private collector but later returned after sale was annulled following the determination of misrepresentation)}
The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Collection, August 2009 (by gift of the consignor)
Galerie Lucie Weill & Seligman, Paris
(Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, Drouot-Richelieu, Salle 14, February 26, 2014)
Nazmiyal Antigue Rugs, New York
{Bonhams, New York, April 4, 2016, Nazmiyal Collection at Bonhams, sale 23749, lot 1071 as Still Life}
Galerie Lucie Weill & Seligman, Paris
{Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, Palais d'Iéna, June 7, 2012, lot 195 as Still Life; sale annulled}
(Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, Palais d'Iéna, December 6, 2012, lot 184 as Still Life)
Private collection, Italy
