Inspired by the architecture of Lower Manhattan, and the grand, neo-classical facades of Wall Street’s buildings, Roy Lichtenstein’s Entablature series is named after the term describing the superstructure of moldings resting atop columns. First explored in two series of paintings executed from 1971-1976, this series of eleven prints marks the capstone of this thematic exploration. Moving beyond the appropriation of comic strips and advertisements he is so known for, Roy Lichtenstein looked to a different source of inspiration. Reflecting upon hierarchies of taste, the Entablatures subvert the assumed power of Classical motifs, his appropriation in dialogue with the mass-imitation of Greco-Roman forms found throughout the American urban landscape.
Introduction
To assemble the patterned compositions, Lichtenstein studied examples from architectural journals and shot photographs of New York City as source material, creating collages for each print in the series to serve as the basis for the screens and plates. Translating this machine made, three-dimensional architecture onto a paper surface, Lichtenstein foregrounds geometric pattern, texture, and abstraction. The layering of innovative printmaking techniques, including screen-printing, lithography, and stencils, invoke the rich ornamentation and stacked patterning of the original reliefs. Further, playing with spatial illusion and reflectivity, machine-cut foil elements are incorporated throughout the series, with a plethora of colorful finishes ranging from glossy black to matte silver and pink. Inspired by the architectural facades and ornamental motifs Roy Lichtenstein encountered around Wall Street and elsewhere in Lower Manhattan, the Entablature Series addresses many of the artist’s central artistic themes while demonstrating a unique emphasis on texture, surface, relief and reflectivity. Named after the horizontal structures that sit atop the columns in Classical Greek architecture, Lichtenstein’s Entablatures represent a distinctively American derivative, one based in revivalist, industrialized architectural imitations that were built en masse in the early twentieth Century. By isolating cliched symbols of, in the artist’s words, “imperial power”, and “the establishment”, Lichtenstein traces the effect of mass production and replication on cultural forms. A sustained investigation into pattern and repetition, the Entablatures also underscore the echoes of Classical order embedded with Minimalist sculpture and Color Field painting.
Source: Whitney Museum of American Art
Between 1971 and 1976 Lichtenstein produced two series of Entablature paintings, using photographs of architectural ornament he had taken in New York as the starting point for his compositions. The first Entablature paintings (1971–72) were black and white. The second group used color and were produced at roughly the same time the Entablature series of prints were in production at Tyler Graphics Ltd., 1974–76.
The first discussions between Lichtenstein and Kenneth Tyler concerning the Entablature prints took place in May 1974. As recorded in the Tyler Graphics Catalogue Raisonné, 1974–1985 (Tyler 1987), technical research for the project began in September 1974 and production was completed in April 1976. Lichtenstein produced one or more collages for each print in the series to serve as models for the plates and screens. Both the Entablature paintings and the Entablature prints are intimately concerned with texture—the metallic paint and sand of the paintings, the foils and embossing/debossing techniques employed in the prints. The imagery itself—machined architectural ornament—takes technology as its subject. The ten embossing plates for the series are now in the collection of the National Gallery, Canberra, Australia.
Entablature Series, 1976
The Entablature Series
The Complete set of 11 screenprint in colors
Medium: Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on BFK Rives wove paper
Year: 1976
Image: 21 1/4 x 38 inches (54.1 x 96.4 cm)
Sheet: 29 1/8 x 45 inches (74 x 114.1 cm)
Edition: 16/30/16/30/30/30/30/30/30/18/18
Artist’s Proofs: 9
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 138-148, Tyler 334-344
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blinstamp
1. Entablature I (Corlett 138)
2. Entablature II (Corlett 139)
3. Entablature III (Corlett 140)
4. Entablature IV (Corlett 141)
5. Entablature V (Corlett 142)
6. Entablature VI (Corlett 143)
7. Entablature VII (Corlett 144)
8. Entablature VIII (Corlett 145)
9. Entablature IX (Corlett 146)
10. Entablature X (Corlett 147)
11. Entablature X A (Corlett 148)
2026 Auction Results
Entablature V, 1976
Forum Auctions: 31 March 2026
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 12,000 (Hammer)
GBP 15,804 / USD 20,910
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Entablature V (Corlett 142), 1976
Screenprint with collage of silver foil and embossing , on BFK Rives paper
Signed and dated in pencil
One of nine artist’s proofs aside from the edition of 30
Printed and published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford, New York, with their blindstamp
2025 Auction Results
Entablature VII, 1976
Christie’s online: 19 November 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Entablature VII (Corlett 144; Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonné 2457; Tyler 340), 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated in pencil
Numbered 26/30 (there were also nine artist’s proofs)
Published by Tyler Graphics, Bedford Village, New York, with their blindstamp
Entablature IX, 1976
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 6,985
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘16/30 rf Lichtenstein ’76’ with publisher’s blindstamp
Entablature IV, 1976
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 10,160
Entablature V, 1976
Wright: 3 April 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 9,525
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Entablature V (Corlett 142), 1976
Screenprint and lithograph in colors, collage and embossing on Rives BFK
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘AP III rf Lichtenstein 76’
Artist’s proof 3 of 9 apart from the edition of 30
Entablature XA, 1976
LA Modern: 8 January 2025
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 6,985
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Entablature XA (from the Entablature series) (Corlett 148), 1976
Screenprint, lithograph, collage with embossing on BFK Rives
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘11/18 rf Lichtenstein ’76’ with publisher’s blindstamp
2024 Auction Results
Entablature VIII, 1976
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 10,200
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)Entablature VIII (Corlett 145), 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil and dated ’76 (lower right)
Numbered 10/30 (lower left)
Entablature VII, 1976
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 3,528 / USD 4,695
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Entablature VII (Corlett 144), 1976
Screenprint and collage with embossing in colours on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil
Numbered 23/30 (there were also nine artist’s proofs)
Entablature VII, 1976
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 21/30 (there were also 9 artist’s proofs)
Entablature II, 1976
Bonhams LA: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,960
Screenprint, lithograph and collage with embossing in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 4/30
Entablature VII, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 4 March 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 7,620
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VII (Corlett 144), 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil and dated ’76 (lower right); numbered 21/30 (lower left)
Entablature III, 1976
Rago: 14 February 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 10,000
USD 8,515
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Entablature III (from the Entablature series), 1976
Screenprint, lithograph and collage in colors with embossing on BFK Rives
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘PP of Lichtenstein ’76’
This work is a printer’s proof apart from the edition of 16
2023 Auction Results
Entablature II, 1976
Phillips New-York: 26 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,430
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature II, from Entablature series (T. 335, C. 139), 1976
Screenprint in colors with embossing and collage of gloss copper and mat pink metallic foil on Rives BFK paper
Signed, dated and numbered 23/30 in pencil
Entablature III, 1976
Phillips New-York: 26 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,160
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature III, from Entablature series (T. 336, C. 140), 1976
Screenprint in colors with embossing and collage of mat and gloss gold metallic foil on Rives BFK paper
Signed, dated and numbered 13/16 in pencil
Entablature III, 1976
Larsen Art Auction: 21 October 2023
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 6,000 (Hammer)
USD 7,500
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Entablature III (Corlett 140), from the “Entablature” series, 1976
Screenprint, lithograph, and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Printer’s Proof from an ed. of 16
Signed and dated in pencil Roy Lichtenstein ’76, lower right
Entablature II, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 July 2023
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 5,334
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature II, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil rf Lichtenstein and dated ’76 (lower right); numbered 20/30 (lower left)
Entablature IV, 1976
Karl & Faber Munich: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 6,000 – 8,000
EUR 10,795 / USD 11,730
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature IV, 1976
Silkscreen in colours and collage on cardboard
A numbered copy from an edition of 9 “AP” copies numbered in Roman numerals
Aside from the edition of 30
Signed and dated lower right
Entablature XA, 1976
Swann Galleries: 8 June 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 7,500
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature XA, 1976
Color screenprint, lithograph and collage with embossing on Rives BFK
Signed, dated and numbered 2/18 in pencil, lower margin
Entablature IV, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 6,985
Entablature X, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature X, 1976
Screen-print and lithograph in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 13/18
Entablature I, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature I, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP V
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 16
Entablature X A, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 17,780
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature X A, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP VII
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 18
Entablature III, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature III, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 15/16
Entablature X, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 10,795
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature X, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP V
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 18
Entablature VII, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 12,700
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VII, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 7/30
Entablature V, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature V, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 19/30
Entablature VI, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VI, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 5/30
Entablature IX, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature IX, 1976
Lithograph and screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 20/30
Entablature IV, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature IV, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 12/30
Entablature II, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature II, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 16/30
Entablature VIII, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 12,700
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VIII, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 14/30
Entablature I, 1976
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature I, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on BFK Rives wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP IX
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 16
2022 Auction Results
WORK IN PROGRESS
Sotheby’s New-York: 21 April 2022
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,710
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature V (Corlett 142), 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed ‘AP VIII’
An artist’s proof aside from the numbered edition of 30
Entablature I
Entablature I
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 7/8 inches (74.1 x 114 cm)
Image: 21 5/16 x 38 inches (54.2 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 16
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 138, Tyler 334
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2449
Entablature I, 1976 (RLCR 2449) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blinstamp
Auction Results
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature I, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP V
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 16
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature I, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on BFK Rives wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP IX
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 16
Entablature II
Entablature II
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint, lithograph, and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 1/16 x 44 7/8 inches (73.8 x 114 cm)
Image: 19 3/4 x 38 inches (50.2 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 139, Tyler 335
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2450
Entablature II, 1976 (RLCR 2450) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blinstamp
Auction Results
Bonhams LA: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,960
Screenprint, lithograph and collage with embossing in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 4/30
Phillips New-York: 26 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,430
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature II, from Entablature series (T. 335, C. 139), 1976
Screenprint in colors with embossing and collage of gloss copper and mat pink metallic foil on Rives BFK paper
Signed, dated and numbered 23/30 in pencil
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 July 2023
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 5,334
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature II, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil rf Lichtenstein and dated ’76 (lower right); numbered 20/30 (lower left)
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature II, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 16/30
Entablature III
Entablature III
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 7/8 inches (74.1 x 114 cm)
Image: 20 11/16 x 38 inches (52.6 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 16
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 140, Tyler 336
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2451
Entablature III, 1976 (RLCR 2451) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blinstamp
Auction Results
Rago: 14 February 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 10,000
USD 8,515
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Entablature III (from the Entablature series), 1976
Screenprint, lithograph and collage in colors with embossing on BFK Rives
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘PP of Lichtenstein ’76’
This work is a printer’s proof apart from the edition of 16
Phillips New-York: 26 October 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,160
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature III, from Entablature series (T. 336, C. 140), 1976
Screenprint in colors with embossing and collage of mat and gloss gold metallic foil on Rives BFK paper
Signed, dated and numbered 13/16 in pencil
Larsen Art Auction: 21 October 2023
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 6,000 (Hammer)
USD 7,500
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Entablature III (Corlett 140), from the “Entablature” series, 1976
Screenprint, lithograph, and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Printer’s Proof from an ed. of 16
Signed and dated in pencil Roy Lichtenstein ’76, lower right
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature III, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 15/16
Entablature IV
Entablature IV
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 13/16 inches (74.1 x 113.8 cm)
Image: 20 3/16 x 38 inches (51.3 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 141, Tyler 337
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2453
Entablature IV, 1976 (RLCR 2453) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
Karl & Faber Munich: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 6,000 – 8,000
EUR 10,795 / USD 11,730
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature IV, 1976
Silkscreen in colours and collage on cardboard
A numbered copy from an edition of 9 “AP” copies numbered in Roman numerals
Aside from the edition of 30
Signed and dated lower right
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 6,985
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature IV, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 12/30
Entablature V
Entablature V
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint, lithograph, collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 7/8 inches (74.1 x 114 cm)
Image: 21 3/4 x 38 inches (55.2 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 142, Tyler 338
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2455
Entablature V, 1976 (RLCR 2455) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
Wright: 3 April 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 9,525
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Entablature V (Corlett 142), 1976
Screenprint and lithograph in colors, collage and embossing on Rives BFK
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘AP III rf Lichtenstein 76’
Artist’s proof 3 of 9 apart from the edition of 30
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature V, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 19/30
Sotheby’s New-York: 21 April 2022
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 10,710
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature V (Corlett 142), 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed ‘AP VIII’
An artist’s proof aside from the numbered edition of 30
Entablature VI
Entablature VI
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 1/4 x 44 7/8 inches (74.3 x 114 cm)
Image: 23 5/16 x 37 15/16 inches (59.2 x 96.4 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 143, Tyler 339
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2456
Entablature VI, 1976 (RLCR 2456) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VI, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 5/30
Entablature VII
Entablature VII
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 7/8 inches (74.1 x 114 cm)
Image: 19 11/16 x 37 15/16 inches (50 x 96.4 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Printer and Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 144, Tyler 340
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2457
Entablature VII, 1976 (RLCR 2457) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
Christie’s online: 19 November 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Entablature VII (Corlett 144; Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonné 2457; Tyler 340), 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated in pencil
Numbered 26/30 (there were also nine artist’s proofs)
Published by Tyler Graphics, Bedford Village, New York, with their blindstamp
Christie’s London: 26 September 2024
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 3,528 / USD 4,695
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Entablature VII (Corlett 144), 1976
Screenprint and collage with embossing in colours on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil
Numbered 23/30 (there were also nine artist’s proofs)
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 21/30 (there were also 9 artist’s proofs)
Sotheby’s New-York: 4 March 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 7,620
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VII (Corlett 144), 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil and dated ’76 (lower right); numbered 21/30 (lower left)
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 12,700
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VII, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 7/30
Entablature VIII
Entablature VIII
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 7/8 inches (74.1 x 114 cm)
Image: 21 13/16 x 38 inches (55.4 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 145, Tyler 341
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2458
Entablature VIII, 1976 (RLCR 2458) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
Sotheby’s New-York: 2 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 10,200
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VIII (Corlett 145), 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil and dated ’76 (lower right)
Numbered 10/30 (lower left)
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 12,700
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature VIII, 1976
Screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 14/30
Entablature IX
Entablature IX
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint, lithograph, and collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 1/8 x 44 7/8 inches (74 x 114 cm)
Image: 21 7/16 x 38 inches (54.5 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 146, Tyler 342
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2463
Entablature IX, 1976 (RLCR 2463) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 6,985
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘16/30 rf Lichtenstein ’76’ with publisher’s blindstamp
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature IX, 1976
Lithograph and screenprint in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 20/30
Entablature X
Entablature X
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint, lithograph, collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 15/16 inches (74.1 x 114.1 cm)
Image: 21 1/16 x 38 inches (53.5 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 18
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 147, Tyler 343
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2463
Entablature X, 1976 (RLCR 2459) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature X, 1976
Screen-print and lithograph in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 13/18
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 10,795
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature X, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP V
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 18
Entablature XA
Entablature XA
from The Entablature Series
Medium: Screenprint, lithograph, collage with embossing on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1976
Sheet: 29 3/16 x 44 15/16 inches (74.1 x 114.1 cm)
Image: 20 15/16 x 38 inches (53.2 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 18
Artist’s Proofs: 9 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 148, Tyler 344
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 2461
Entablature XA, 1976 (RLCR 2461) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Auction Results
LA Modern: 8 January 2025
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 6,985
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Entablature XA (from the Entablature series) (Corlett 148), 1976
Screenprint, lithograph, collage with embossing on BFK Rives
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘11/18 rf Lichtenstein ’76’ with publisher’s blindstamp
Swann Galleries: 8 June 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 7,500
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Entablature XA, 1976
Color screenprint, lithograph and collage with embossing on Rives BFK
Signed, dated and numbered 2/18 in pencil, lower margin
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 17,780
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Entablature X A, 1976
Screenprint and lithograph printed in colors with collage and embossing on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP VII
This impression is one of nine artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 18