Lamp
Medium: Woodcut printed in colors on natural handmade Okawara paper
Year: 1981
Image: 19 1/2 x 8 inches (49.7 x 20.5 cm)
Sheet: 25×18 inches (63.6 x 46 cm)
Edition: 30
Artist’s Proofs: 10
Publisher: Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Literature: Corlett 182, Tyler 360
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 3029
Lamp, 1981 (RLCR 3029) | Catalogue entry | Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp
Lamp is a great example of Lichtenstein’s single object compositions. Using an existing object as well as an established aesthetic, the artist generates a fully mechanized image with thick lines, flat planes and an obscured perspective. The shapes are simple, capturing a hanging green shade with an exposed incandescent light bulb. The bulb emits a circle of light onto the floor below. The round yellow disk is composed of individually outlined beams illustrated in bright yellow, black, and white. The lack of shadows make the lamp and the light appear compressed against the surface of the print. Lichtenstein removes depth and volume in order to make his chosen subject matter appear like a newspaper clipping. The result is a brilliant piece of Pop Art derived through Lichtenstein’s masterful craftsmanship and great attention to form.
Auction Results
Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein
Sotheby’s New-York: 26 September 2025
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 38,100
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Lamp (Corlett 182), 1981
Woodcut printed in colors on natural handmade Okawara paper
Signed, dated ’81 and numbered 11/30 (lower right)
Grogan & Company: 28 October 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 20,000
USD 18,750
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
Lamp, 1981
Woodcut in colors
Signed and dated Roy Lichtenstein ’81 and numbered 1/30 lower right in pencil
Sotheby’s New-York: 30 March 2023
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 21,590
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Lamp, 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
Sotheby’s New-York: 27 May 2021
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 20,000
USD 18,900
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
Lamp (Corlett 182), 1981
Woodcut printed in colors on natural handmade Okawara paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 16/30