Seascape (II)
from Collection 65

Medium: Screenprint in colors and die-cut collage on blue Rowlux
Year: 1965
Overall: 13 1/8 x 24 3/4 x 3 9/16 inches (33.3 x 62.9 x 9 cm)
Edition: 100 (of which at least 65 were realized)
Publisher: Edition MAT/Galerie Der Speigel, Cologne
Literature: Corlett 40

Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 1143

Seascape (II), 1965 (RLCR 1143) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné

Signed in ball-point pen and numbered on a label affixed to the reverse
With original artist frame

 

Édition MAT (Multiplication d’Art Transformable) was founded in 1959 by Daniel Spoerri in Paris. The first collection of multiples published by Édition MAT was fabricated by Spoerri himself. Spoerri joined with Karl Gerstner to publish the second and third collections (in 1964 and 1965 respectively), which were fabricated by Galerie Der Spiegel. Collection 65 includes the works of Arman, Enrico Baj, Davide Boriani, Pol Bury, Christo, Karl Gerstner, Julio Le Parc, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, François Morellet, Jesus Rafael Soto, Daniel Spoerri, and Gabriele De Vecchi.

Seascape is composed of screenprinted boards collaged onto a Rowlux background and mounted inside a shallow box, the interior sides of which have been lined with reflective foil. The box has a Plexiglas front, and the exterior is painted white. On the back of the box is a white identification label measuring 4 1/4 x 2 in. (10.8 x 5.1 cm) with (édition MAT) printed at the top and (collection 65) printed at the bottom. The label is signed [rf Lichtenstein] and numbered by hand over the printed number (/100).

Highly experimental in its use of materials, Seascape (II) presents a fictitious and humorous waterscape. Stretched out at the bottom and pasted on the vivid blue backdrop lies a body of water constituted entirely out of yellow stencil. The rippled contours mirror the design of the prismatic sky, transforming a naturalistic setting into something entirely artificial. The resulting scene shows a fully abstracted and static seascape at first glance. Despite a sense of overriding flatness, however, the reflective surface texture provokes sensory associations of motion. Lichtenstein applies plastic sheets of translucent Rowlux to ensure these spatial interplays, producing a playful simulation of movement. In no other adaptation of a genre was Lichtenstein as experimental with materials as he was in his landscape renditions.

 

 

Auction Results

Christie’s London: 26 March 2026
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 12,065 / USD 16,120

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Seascape II, from Collection 65 (Corlett 40), 1965
Screenprint and die-cut collage in colors on blue Rowlux
Signed on the edition MAT label in ball-point pen on the Edition MAT label verso
Numbered 87/100
Published by Edition MAT, Cologne
In the original artist’s frame

Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 26 September 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 35,560

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Seascape II, from Collection 65 (Corlett 40), 1965
Screenprint in colors and die-cut collage on blue Rowlux, mounted (as issued) in a reflective foil-lined box frame
Signed and numbered 24/100 (on a label affixed to the reverse)
This work is number 24 from the planned edition of 100 of which at least 65 were realized

Bukowskis Stockholm: 15 April 2025
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 80,000 (Hammer)
SEK 100,000 / USD 10,200

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (United States, 1923-1997)
“Seascape II” from “Edition Mat Collection 65” (Corlett 40), 1965
Color screenprint and collage
Signed in ballpoint pen and numbered 34/100 on the label verso
In the artist’s original frame

Bonhams New-York: 23 May 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 21,760

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Seascape II, from Collection 65 (Corlett 40), 1965
Screenprint in colors and die-cut collage on blue Rowlux
Signed in ball-point pen and numbered 18/100  on a label affixed to the reverse
(of which at least 65 were realized)
In original artist frame
Grogan & Company: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 16,900

ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Seascape II, from Collection 65, 1965
Screenprint and die cut collage in colors on blue Rowlux
Signed and numbered Roy Lichtenstein 49/100 in pencil verso

Christie’s New-York: 22 November 2022
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 10,080
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Seascape II, from Collection 65 (Corlett 40), 1965
Screenprint and die-cut collage in colors on blue Rowlux
Signed in ball-point pen on a label on the reverse
Numbered 21/100 (of which at least 65 were realized)
With the original artist’s frame
Van Ham Cologne: 16 June 2021
Estimated: EUR 3,000 – 5,000
EUR 14,190 / USD 17,205
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Seascape (II), 1965
Color serigraph and blue-colored Rowlux®, collaged, in box frame with plexiglass pane
Signed and numbered verso on the edition label: rf Lichtenstein, 84/100