Foot and Hand
Medium: Lithograph printed in colors on white wove paper
Year: 1964
Image: 16 1/2 x 21 inches (41.9 x 53.3 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches (43.8 x 54.6 cm)
Edition: 300
Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New-York
Literature: Corlett II.4
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 858
Foot and Hand, 1964 (RLCR 858) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
In Foot and Hand, Roy Lichtenstein distills a moment of dramatic tension into the graphic language of comic strips. The forceful composition, dominated by a boot pinning down a hand clutching a rolled paper, reads like a single cinematic frame frozen in time. Rendered in Lichtenstein’s iconic Ben-Day dots and bold black outlines, the work captures a scene of confrontation, possibly violence, yet remains deliberately ambiguous.
Typical of Lichtenstein’s early Pop Art period, this screenprint recontextualizes mass media imagery into the realm of fine art. Here, he abstracts action from its narrative, inviting viewers to question both the meaning and the source material. Is it a scene from a comic book? A newspaper illustration? Or a symbolic gesture of power and submission?
Part of Lichtenstein’s exploration of melodrama and graphic immediacy, Foot and Hand is not only visually striking but conceptually layered. With just a few elements and a limited color palette, the artist stages a compelling psychological moment, using the very tools of popular culture to critique its mechanisms.
Auction Results
Heritage Auctions: 16 October 2025
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 4,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Foot and Hand (Corlett II.4), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper
Ed. 169/300 (aside from an unknown number of proofs)
Signed, editioned, and dated in pencil upper left
Published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
LA Modern: 13 May 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,560
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Foot and Hand (Corlett II.4), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors
Signed, dated and numbered to upper edge ‘79/300 rf Lichtenstein 1964’
SBI Art Auction: 25 January 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 1,782,500 / USD 11,425
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Foot and Hand (Corlett Ⅱ.4), 1964
Offset lithograph
Signed on the upper left
From the edition of 300
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Phillips online: 13 September 2023
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 20,320
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Foot and Hand (C. II.4), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil
An unnumbered proof, the edition was 300
Bonhams London: 27 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 23,040 / USD 29,335
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 31/300 in pencil
Rago Auctions: 16 June 2022
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 21,250
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Foot and Hand (Corlett II.4), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors
Signed, dated and numbered to upper left ‘147/300 Roy Lichtenstein 64’ in pencil
Sotheby’s New-York: 21 April 2022
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 17,640
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Foot and Hand (Corlett II.4), 1964
Lithograph printed in colors
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 216/300
Christies’ London: 24 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 10,000 – 15,000
GBP 11,970 / USD 15,700
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Foot and Hand, 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, a proof aside from the numbered edition of three hundred
Christie’s New-York: 8 March 2022
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 20,160
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Foot and Hand, 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 246⁄300
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Van Ham Cologne: 1 December 2021
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 12,000
EUR 17,160 / USD 19,415
LICHTENSTEIN, ROY (New York 1923 – 1997)
Foot and Hand, 1964
Colored offset lithograph on wove paper
From the edition of 300 signed copies
Bukowskis Stockholm: 2 November 2021
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 210,000 (Hammer)
SEK 262,500 / USD 30,615
AUCTION RECORD FOR FOOT AND HAND
Offset lithograph in color
Signed in pencil and numbered 178/300