Picture and Pitcher
Medium: Woodcut printed in colors on natural handmade Okawara paper
Year: 1981
Image: 20 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches (53 x 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 25 x 18 3/8 inches (63.7 x 46.5 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 183, Tyler 361
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 3036
Picture and Pitcher, 1981 (RLCR 3036) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Picture and Pitcher shows a framed picture and a water pitcher situated on a stool. Embracing the decorative qualities of still lifes, Lichtenstein renders his print according to a pronounced commercial aesthetic. The artist used his trademark style of thick black outlines and flat areas of color. This flattened execution of the composition comically subverts the very notion of dimension. This parody is complete with its humorous title, making fun at the common mispronunciations of “Picture” and “Pitcher”.
Auction Results
Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 26 September 2025
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 22,860
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Picture and Pitcher (Corlett 183), 1981
Woodcut printed in colors on natural handmade Okawara paper
Signed, dated ’81 and numbered 11/30 (lower right)
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 17,780
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Picture and Pitcher, 1981
Woodcut printed in colors on natural handmade Okawara paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed AP 6/10
One of ten artist’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 30
Christie’s New-York: 28 February 2018
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 13,750
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Picture and Pitcher (Corlett 183), 1981
Woodcut in colors on handmade Okawara paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 4/30