Temple 

Medium: Offset lithograph printed in colors on smooth cream wove paper
Year: 1964
Image: 23 x 17 1/8 inches (58.2 x 43.3 cm)
Sheet: 23 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (60.5 x 45 cm)
Edition: 300
Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Literature: Corlett II.3

Signed, dated and numbered in pencil

 

Rising up from a shimmering expanse of black and white Ben Day dots, the classical ruins of Temple stand isolated in monumental grandeur against an empty horizon. Devoid of environment and detail, Lichtenstein enhances the graphic clarity of the temple whilst highlighting the incongruity between artistic depiction and reality. Temple epitomizes Lichtenstein’s natural awareness of line and form becoming an exquisite and seemingly effortless essay in the art of illusion. The drama of Lichtenstein’s distinctive signature technique is fully realized. Temple is one of Lichtenstein’s most iconic images; a motif that is synonymous with American Pop Art as well as Lichtenstein’s remarkable contribution to visual culture and awareness in the 20th century.

 

 

Auction Results

Christie’s online: 10 December 2024
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 10,000
GBP 16,380 / USD 20,880

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Temple (Corlett II.3), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 215/300

Phillips New-York: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 10,795

ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Temple (C. II.3), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on cream wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 139/300 in pencil

Bonhams New-York: 30 October 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 20,000
USD 14,080

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Temple (Corlett II.3), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on smooth cream wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 120/300

Bonhams New-York: 12 May 2022
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 20,000 
USD 19,125

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Temple, 1964 (Corlett II.3), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors on smooth cream wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 120/300

Swann Auction Galleries: 12 May 2022
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 11,250

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Temple (C. II.3), 1964
Color offset lithograph on cream wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 146/300 in pencil lower right

Sotheby’s London: 16 March 2022
Estimated: GBP 4,000 – 6,000
GBP 16,480

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Temple (C. II.3), 1964
Offset lithograph printed in colors
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 187/300

Rago Auctions: 13 October 2021
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 20,000

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Temple (C. II.3), 1964
Offset lithograph in colors
Signed, dated, and numbered to lower edge ‘Roy Lichtenstein 1964 155/300’