By reimagining Monet’s timeless masterpiece through the lens of contemporary mass production, Lichtenstein prompts us to reflect on the commodification of art and the ever-shifting landscape of cultural meaning. Through his inventive reinterpretation, Lichtenstein reaffirms the enduring relevance of Monet’s legacy while simultaneously carving out his own place in the annals of art history.
Introduction
In the dynamic landscape of art history, the legacy of one artist often intertwines with the creations of another, sometimes bridging centuries and styles. Such is the case with Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic series of prints, the Haystacks, which serve as a contemporary homage to Claude Monet’s groundbreaking series of paintings from the 1890s. At the dawn of the 20th century, Claude Monet, a pioneer of the Impressionist movement, embarked on a revolutionary artistic journey. His series of Haystacks paintings captured the transient beauty of rural landscapes under the ever-changing play of natural light. Across multiple canvases, Monet meticulously depicted the same subject—the humble haystack—under varying atmospheric conditions and times of day. Through his mastery of color and light, Monet transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary, inviting viewers to contemplate the ephemeral nature of perception and reality.
Meules (Haystacks), 1890
Sotheby’s New-York: 14 May 2019
Estimate on Request
USD 110,747,000
(#8) CLAUDE MONET | Meules (sothebys.com)
CLAUDE MONET
Meules (Haystacks), 1890
Oil on canvas
72.7 x 92.6 cm (28 5/8 x 36 3/4 inches)
Fast forward to the 1960s, a period marked by the rise of Pop Art and its subversion of traditional artistic conventions. Roy Lichtenstein, a leading figure in this movement, drew inspiration from the visual lexicon of mass culture. In his prints, Lichtenstein appropriated familiar images from comic strips, advertisements, and art history, infusing them with his distinct style characterized by bold lines and vibrant colors. One of Lichtenstein’s most notable works within this vein is his series of Haystacks prints. What sets these pieces apart is Lichtenstein’s ingenious use of Ben Day dots—a printing technique commonly associated with mass-produced publications such as newspapers and comic books. By employing this mechanical process, Lichtenstein not only pays homage to the pop culture imagery of his time but also engages in a playful dialogue with art historical tradition.
Haystacks, 1969
Christie’s New-York: 10 March 2023
Estimated: USD 500,000 – 700,000
USD 579,600
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997), Haystacks | Christie’s (christies.com)
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystacks, 1969
Oil and Magna on canvas
15 1/4 x 24 inches (38.7 x 61 cm)
In Lichtenstein’s interpretation, the dot pattern serves as a clever nod to the halftone printing process, which is used to reproduce images with varying shades of gray. Through this technique, Lichtenstein replicates Monet’s Haystacks in a stylized manner, simultaneously echoing and subverting the original Impressionist aesthetic. Moreover, by presenting the Haystacks in a serialized format, ranging from the luminous hues of morning to the deep shadows of midnight, Lichtenstein offers a modern take on Monet’s exploration of light and color. In essence, Lichtenstein’s Haystacks series encapsulates the essence of Pop Art—blurring the boundaries between high and low culture, challenging traditional notions of artistic originality, and inviting viewers to reconsider the significance of familiar imagery. By reimagining Monet’s timeless masterpiece through the lens of contemporary mass production, Lichtenstein prompts us to reflect on the commodification of art and the ever-shifting landscape of cultural meaning. Through his inventive reinterpretation, Lichtenstein reaffirms the enduring relevance of Monet’s legacy while simultaneously carving out his own place in the annals of art history.
Source: John Moran
Lichtenstein’s Haystacks and Cathedrals were his first collaboration with Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles, from January to July 1969 for the Haystacks, and until August for the Cathedrals.
There are ten prints in the Haystack series, including three state editions (RLCR 1659–1668) produced from the plates used for Haystack #6. The first five prints in the series are executed in lithography, with white screenprinted borders that heighten the optical effects of the colors. The seventh print in the series is a relief print.
Lichtenstein began exploring Monet’s haystacks as a subject in his painting in 1968 and continued to paint them into 1969, when the prints were produced.
“The prints are a little smaller, but that’s not significant. The paintings are all different images. In terms of exactness of placement and register, the prints are better, because they can be better controlled in this medium. Working on canvas isn’t controllable in the same way. The paintings bear the tracks of corrections of various things. The prints are all worked out beforehand and appear purer.”
For both series, Lichtenstein created a full-scale black-ink drawing, which was used to create the image on the plates. A negative of the drawing was laid over Lichtenstein’s Benday dot stencil on the sensitized plates, recreating the pattern in the positive plate when it was exposed to light. For prints such as RLCR 1640, Cathedral #2, separate plates were made using a positive and a negative of the drawing so that a second dot pattern—and another color—could be introduced.
Haystack Series, 1969
Haystack Series
The complete set of six lithographs and screenprints in colors
Medium: Lithograph and screenprint in colors on Rives BFK paper, and one relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Year: 1969
Image: 13 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (34.3 x 59.9 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/8 x 30 5/8 inches (52.5 x 77.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 65-70, 74: Gemini 150-156, 159
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Haystacks #6 State I/II/III were made using the same aluminum plate, they are editions of 13
1. Haystack #1 (Corlett 65)
2. Haystack #2 (Corlett 66)
3. Haystack #3 (Corlett 67)
4. Haystack #4 (Corlett 68)
5. Haystack #5 (Corlett 69)
6. Haystack #6 (Corlett 70)
6.1. Haystack #6 State I (Corlett 71)
6.2. Haystack #6 State II (Corlett 72)
6.3. Haystack #6 State III (Corlett 73)
7. Haystack #7 (Corlett 74)
2026 Auction Results
Haystack #6, State I, 1969
Pop Impressions: Prints from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 17,920
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Haystack #6, State I, from the Haystack series (Corlett 71; RLCR 1665), 1969
Lithograph printed in colors on Special Arjomari paper
Signed in pencil, dated, inscribed State I and numbered 6/13
This impression is number 6 from the edition of 13
With the blindstamp of the printer and publisher, Gemini G.E.L.
And with their inkstamp on the verso
2025 Auction Results
Haystack #4, 1969
SBI Art Auction: 25 October 2025
Estimated: JPY 800,000 – 1,400,000
JPY 1,207,500 / USD 7,900
ROY LICHTENTEIN
Haystack ＃4 (Corlett 68), 1969
From Haystack Series
Lithograph and screenprint
Signed, dated and numbered with a copyright blindstamp
Copyright stamp on the reverse
An AP aside from the edition of 100
Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Haystack #6, State III, 1969
Pop Impressions: Prints from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 23 October 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 31,750
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Haystack #6, State III (Corlett 73; RLCR 1667), 1969
From the Haystack series
Lithograph printed in colors on Special Arjomari paper
Signed in pencil, dated, inscribed State III and numbered 6/13
This impression is number 6 from the edition of 13
With the blindstamp of the publisher, Gemini G.E.L., and with their inkstamp on the verso
Haystack Series, 1969
Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 26 September 2025
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 114,300
COMPLETE SET
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Haystack Series (Corlett 65-70,74). 1969
The complete set of six lithographs and screenprints in colors on Rives BFK wove paper
And one relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Each signed and dated ’69 (lower right); numbered 3/100 (lower left)
This set is number 3 from the edition of 100 plus 10 artist’s proof sets
2024 Auction Results
Haystack #1, 1969
Forum Auctions: 24 October 2024
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
Hammer: GBP 5,500
GBP 7,216 / USD 9,352
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #1, from the Haystack Series (Corlett 65), 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100
Haystack #1, 1969
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 11,562
Haystack #1 (Corlett 65), 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on wove paper
Ed. 66/100
Signed, editioned, and dated in ink along lower edge; publisher’s chop mark, lower right
Haystack #2, 1969
John Moran: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,065
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #2 from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph in colors and screenprint on wove paper
Edition: 28/100 (there were also 10 artist’s proofs)
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, below the image, in the white screenprinted margins: rf Lichtenstein
Haystack #3, 1969
Christie’s New-York: 25 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 10,080
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #3, from the Haystack Series (Corlett 67), 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 81⁄100 (there were also ten artist’s proofs)
Haystack #3, 1969
John Moran: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,700
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #3, from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph in colors and screenprint on wove paper
Edition: 90/100 (there were also 10 artist’s proofs)
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, below the image, in the white screenprinted margins: rf Lichtenstein
Haystack #4, 1969
Estimated: CAD 8,000 – 12,000
Hammer: CAD 10,000
CAD 12,500 / USD 8,974
Haystack #4 (Corlett 68), 1969
Haystack #4, 1969
John Moran: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,065
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #4, from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph in colors and screenprint on wove paper
Edition: 28/100 (there were also 10 artist’s proofs)
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, below the image, in the white screenprinted margins: rf Lichtenstein
2023 Auction Results
Haystack #1, 1969
Grogan & Co Boston: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 9,000
USD 11,250
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Haystack #1, 1969
Lithograph in colors
Signed and dated lower right
Numbered 60/100 lower left in pencil
Haystack #3, 1969
Grogan & Co Boston: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 9,000
USD 13,750
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Haystack #3, 1969
Lithograph in colors
Signed and dated lower right
Numbered 60/100 lower left in pencil
Haystack #4, 1969
John Moran: 28 February 2023
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 11,875
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #4, from Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on Arjomari paper
Edition: 73/100
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil in the printed white border below the image: R. Lichtenstein
Haystack #7, 1969
Grogan & Co Boston: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 15,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Haystack #7, 1969
Lithograph in colors
Signed and dated lower right
Numbered 60/100 lower left in pencil
Haystack #7, 1969
Bonhams LA: 3 October 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 11,520
Relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 18/100
Haystack #7, 1969
Bonhams New-York: 9 May 2023
Estimated: USD 13,000 – 15,000
USD 15,300
Lithograph and screen-print on Rives BFK paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered P.P. II
A printer’s proof, aside from the edition of 100 plus 10 artist’s proofs in Roman numerals
Haystack Series, 1969
Christie’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 88,200
COMPLETE SET
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack Series, 1969
The set of six lithographs and screen-prints in colors, on Rives BFK paper,
and one relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Each signed and dated in pencil, numbered variously from the edition of 100
Haystack #1
Haystack #1
from the Haystack Series
Medium: Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1969
Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 9/16 inches (52.7 x 77.6 cm)
Image: 13 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (34 x 59.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 65; Gemini 150, RLCR 1659
Haystack #1, 1969 (RLCR 1659) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Auction Results
Forum Auctions: 24 October 2024
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
Hammer: GBP 5,500
GBP 7,216 / USD 9,352
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #1, from the Haystack Series (Corlett 65), 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 11,562
Haystack #1 (Corlett 65), 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on wove paper
Ed. 66/100
Signed, editioned, and dated in ink along lower edge; publisher’s chop mark, lower right
Grogan & Co Boston: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 9,000
USD 11,250
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Haystack #1, 1969
Lithograph in colors
Signed and dated lower right
Numbered 60/100 lower left in pencil
Wright Auctions: 15 July 2021
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 12,000
USD 14,300
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Haystack #1 (from the Haystack series), 1969
Lithograph and screen-print in two colors on Rives BFK
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ’23/100 Roy Lichtenstein 69′
Haystack #2
Haystack #2
from the Haystack Series
Medium: Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1969
Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 9/16 inches (52.7 x 77.6 cm)
Image: 13 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (34 x 59.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 66; Gemini 151, RLCR 1660
Haystack #2, 1969 (RLCR 1660) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Auction Results
John Moran: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,065
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #2 from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph in colors and screenprint on wove paper
Edition: 28/100 (there were also 10 artist’s proofs)
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, below the image, in the white screenprinted margins: rf Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 28 October 2022
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 10,080
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Haystack #2, 1969
Lithograph and screen-print in colors on Rives BFK paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 98/100
This impression is number 98 from the edition of 100 plus ten artist’s proofs
Haystack #3
Haystack #3
from the Haystack Series
Medium: Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1969
Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 9/16 inches (52.7 x 77.6 cm)
Image: 13 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (34 x 59.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 67; Gemini 152, RLCR 1661
Haystack #3, 1969 (RLCR 1661) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Auction Results
Christie’s New-York: 25 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 10,080
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #3, from the Haystack Series (Corlett 67), 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 81⁄100 (there were also ten artist’s proofs)
John Moran: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,700
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #3, from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph in colors and screenprint on wove paper
Edition: 90/100 (there were also 10 artist’s proofs)
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, below the image, in the white screenprinted margins: rf Lichtenstein
Grogan & Co Boston: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 9,000
USD 13,750
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Haystack #3, 1969
Lithograph in colors
Signed and dated lower right
Numbered 60/100 lower left in pencil
LA Modern: 8 September 2022
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 16,900
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #3, from Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph and screen-prints in colors on BFK Rives
Signed, numbered and dated in pencil to lower margin ’61/100 rf Lichtenstein 69′
Haystack #4
Haystack #4
from the Haystack Series
Medium: Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1969
Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 9/16 inches (52.7 x 77.6 cm)
Image: 13 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (34 x 59.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 68; Gemini 153, RLCR 1662
Haystack #4, 1969 (RLCR 1662) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Auction Results
SBI Art Auction: 25 October 2025
Estimated: JPY 800,000 – 1,400,000
JPY 1,207,500 / USD 7,900
ROY LICHTENTEIN
Haystack ＃4 (Corlett 68), 1969
From Haystack Series
Lithograph and screenprint
Signed, dated and numbered with a copyright blindstamp
Copyright stamp on the reverse
An AP aside from the edition of 100
Printed and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Estimated: CAD 8,000 – 12,000
Hammer: CAD 10,000
CAD 12,500 / USD 8,974
Haystack #4 (Corlett 68), 1969
John Moran: 26 March 2024
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,065
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #4, from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph in colors and screenprint on wove paper
Edition: 28/100 (there were also 10 artist’s proofs)
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, below the image, in the white screenprinted margins: rf Lichtenstein
John Moran: 28 February 2023
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 11,875
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #4, from Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on Arjomari paper
Edition: 73/100
Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil in the printed white border below the image: R. Lichtenstein
Christie’s New-York: 15 September 2021
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 13,750
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #4, from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph and screen-print in colors on Special Ajromani paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 6/100
Haystack #5
Haystack #5
from the Haystack Series
Medium: Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1969
Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 9/16 inches (52.7 x 77.6 cm)
Image: 13 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (34 x 59.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 69; Gemini 154, RLCR 1663
Haystack #5, 1969 (RLCR 1663) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Auction Results
Dorotheum: 30 November 2023
Estimated: EUR 6,000 – 8,000
EUR 10,400 / USD 11,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Haystack #5 (from Haystack series), 1969
Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Signed, numbered 52/100, and dated rf Lichtenstein ’69
SBI Art Auction: 26 May 2023
Estimated: JPY 800,000 – 1,400,000
JPY 1,437,500 / USD 10,270
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Haystack #5 (Corlett 69), 1969
Lithograph, screenprint
Signed, dated and numbered
From the edition of 100
Christie’s New-York: 4 March 2020
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 10,625
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #5, from Haystack, 1969
Lithograph and screen-print in colors, on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 95/100
Haystack #6
Haystack #6
from the Haystack Series
Medium: Lithograph and screenprint in colors on BFK Rives paper
Year: 1969
Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 9/16 inches (52.7 x 77.6 cm)
Image: 13 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (34 x 59.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 70; Gemini 155, RLCR 1664
Haystack #6, 1969 (RLCR 1664) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Auction Results
Christie’s New-York: 16 September 2021
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 13,750
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #6, from the Haystack Series, 1969
Lithograph and screen-print in colors, on Special Ajromani paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 6/100
Haystack #7
Haystack #7
from the Haystack Series
Medium: Relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Year: 1969
Sheet: 20 3/4 x 30 9/16 inches (52.7 x 77.6 cm)
Image: 13 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (34 x 59.7 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Printer: Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
Literature: Corlett 74; Gemini 160, RLCR 1668
Haystack #7, 1969 (RLCR 1668) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Each signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp and inkstamp on the reverse
Haystack #7 is not part of the initial set. It is a relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Auction Results
Grogan & Co Boston: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 15,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Haystack #7, 1969
Lithograph in colors
Signed and dated lower right
Numbered 60/100 lower left in pencil
Bonhams LA: 3 October 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 11,520
Relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 18/100
Bonhams New-York: 9 May 2023
Estimated: USD 13,000 – 15,000
USD 15,300
Lithograph and screen-print on Rives BFK paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered P.P. II
A printer’s proof, aside from the edition of 100 plus 10 artist’s proofs in Roman numerals
Christie’s New-York: 27 February 2018
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 8,125
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack #7, from Haystack Series, 1969
Relief print in colors on Special Arjomari paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 17/100
(there were also ten artist’s proofs)
Complete Sets
Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 26 September 2025
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 114,300
COMPLETE SET
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Haystack Series (Corlett 65-70,74). 1969
The complete set of six lithographs and screenprints in colors on Rives BFK wove paper
And one relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Each signed and dated ’69 (lower right); numbered 3/100 (lower left)
This set is number 3 from the edition of 100 plus 10 artist’s proof sets
Christie’s New-York: 19 April 2023
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 88,200
COMPLETE SET
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack Series, 1969
The set of six lithographs and screen-prints in colors, on Rives BFK paper,
and one relief print on Special Arjomari paper
Each signed and dated in pencil, numbered variously from the edition of 100
Christie’s New-York: 27 October 2022
Estimated: USD 100,000 – 150,000
USD 107,100
COMPLETE SET
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Haystack Series, 1969
The complete set of six lithographs and screen-prints in colors
Each signed and dated in pencil and numbered 86/100 (there were also ten artist’s proof sets)