Ubiquitously mundane imagery and commercially commonplace scenes are transformed by Roy Lichtenstein into enigmatic patriotic symbols in La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America). Accompanied by French translations of poems by Beat writer Allen Ginsberg, the suite of works exemplifies Lichtenstein’s intuitive and witty approach to cultural commentary. The complete illustrated book, executed in 1992, is the result of a truly singular collaboration between two prolific and trailblazing American visionaries.
Introduction
Lone highways, mountain range sunsets, glittering fireworks, and roiling cityscapes are foreshortened in Lichtenstein’s signature Pop style. Articulated through bold lines and the artist’s iconic Ben-Day dots, these truncated perspectival spaces take on a dreamlike and liminal nature.
By flattening popular images, Lichtenstein bestows them a compositional complexity that recalls modes of consumer advertising while strengthening formal principles and pictorial conventions native to early Modernism. Like Picasso’s Cubist forms, Lichtenstein’s kaleidoscopic compositions serve to exacerbate the dissonance between recognizable subjects and the viewer’s own comfort in them. All together, these graphic renderings are transformed into sleek icons of a lost Americana; they evoke a wistfulness for and strangeness in these familiar patriotic landscapes.
The artist’s mastery of his signature Pop idiom and pioneering investigation into the form, meaning, and content of Contemporary art coincided with the technical renaissance of American printmaking. Lichtenstein’s distortions of cartoon styles and commercial subject matter confronted postwar American consumer culture head-on – his comic strip-sourced compositions, primary colors and Ben Day dots speak to a pictorial vocabulary wedded to modes of mechanical reproduction.
La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique puts Lichtenstein’s visual commentaries in direct dialogue with that of the poet Allen Ginsberg. A prolific literary force in his own right and pioneering member of the Beat Generation, Ginsberg published his collection of poems The Fall of America in 1972, which went on to win the annual U.S. National Book Award for Poetry. The Fall of America is an extensive literary statement by Ginsberg that addresses the political and societal unrest resulting from America’s role in the Vietnam War as well as heightening racial tensions on the homefront. Here, Roy Lichtenstein illustrates a new French edition of the book. The synergy that emerges in La Nouvelle Chute d’Amérique is the result of Ginsberg and Lichtenstein’s shared dedication to interrogating the declining attributes of their homeland, worn away by social upheaval and industrial reach.
Roy Lichtenstein’s merging of serene landscapes with Cubist industrial visions in La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique offers a contemplation of American culture in a dizzying consumerist era. His sleek and stylized icons of Americana adopt an ironic tone when paired with Ginsberg’s writings and draw from Ginsberg’s own instinctive and emotive style. The artist effectively synthesizes the poet’s prophetic messages into suggestive and surreal vignettes of contemporary America; together, they encapsulate the inherent dissenting American spirit of their generation.
La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique, 1992
La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amerique (The New Fall of America)
The Complete portfolio of ten etchings and aquatints in colors
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 19×14 inches (48.2 x 35.6 cm) (or reverse)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 267-276
M. L. Corlett, The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein. A Catalogue Raisonné 1948-1997, New York 2002, no. 267-276
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139
The book is comprised of 11 poems written by Allen Ginsberg accompanied by 10 etchings and aquatints in colors by Roy Lichtenstein
Initialed and numbered in pencil
Including: AMÉRIQUE; AUTO POÉSIE: EN CAVALE DE BLOOMINGTON; BAYONNE EN ENTRANT DANS NYC; OR AUTOMNAL: ARRIÈRE-SAISON EN NOUVELLE-ANGLETERRE; UNE FENÊTRE OUVERTE SUR CHICAGO; DE NOUVEAU AU-DESSUS DE DENVER; PASSAGE DU NORD-OUEST; HÜM-BUM; DE DENVER AU MONTANA, DÉPART LE 27 MAI 1972; DE DENVER AU MONTANA, DÉPART LE 27 MAI 1972
1. Amerique (C. 267)
2. Auto Poesie en Cavale de Bloomington (C.268)
3. Bayonne en Entrant dans NYC (C. 269)
4. Or automnal: arrière-saison en nouvelle Angleterre (C. 270)
5. Une Fenetre Ouverte sur Chicago (C. 271)
6. De Nouveau au dessus de Denver (C. 272)
7. Passage du Nord-Ouest (C. 273)
8. Hüm Bom! (C. 274)
9. De Denver au Montana (I) (C. 275)
10. De Denver au Montana (II) (C. 276)
2025 Auction Results
“Amérique” (C. 267), 1992
Artnet Auctions: 15 October 2025
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 30,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Illustration for “Amérique” (Corlett 267), 1992
From La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches paper
Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition 68/80
Les Editions du Solstice, Paris, pub.
“Amérique” (C. 267), 1992
Rago: 15 October 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 24,130
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
“Amérique” (C. 267), 1992
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 9,000 – 12,000
GBP 11,500 (Hammer)
GBP 15,148 / USD 20,450
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘L’Amérique’ (Corlett 267), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
“Auto Poésie: en Cavale de Bloomington” (C.268), 1992
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 6,350
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Auto poésie: en cavale de Bloomington
(from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 268), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
“Or Automnal” (C. 270), 1992
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 6,500 (Hammer)
GBP 8,590 / USD 11,595
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘Or Automnal: Arrière-Saison en Nouvelle Angleterre’ (Corlett 270), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
“Or Automnal” (C. 270), 1992
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 11,430
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Or automnal: arrière-saison en nouvelle Angleterre
(from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 270), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
“Une Fenêtre ouverte sur Chicago” (C. 271), 1992
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Une fenêtre ouverte sur Chicago (from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique) (Corlett 271), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
“De Nouveau au-dessus de Denver” (C. 272), 1992
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 16,510
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De nouveau au-dessus de Denver (from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique) (Corlett 272), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japanese nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein 92’
“Passage du Nord-Ouest” (C. 273), 1992
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 2,000 – 3,000
GBP 2,400 (Hammer)
GBP 3,180 / USD 4,290
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘Passage du Nord-Ouest’ (Corlett 273), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
“Passage du Nord-Ouest” (C. 273), 1992
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 3,810
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Passage du Nord-Quest
(from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 273), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
“Hüm Bom!” (C. 274), 1992
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 5,500 (Hammer)
GBP 7,275 / USD 9,825
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘Hüm-Bum!’ (Corlett 274), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
“Hüm Bom!” (C. 274), 1992
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Hüm Bom! (from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 274), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
“De Denver au Montana” (I) (C. 275), 1992
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 4,000 (Hammer)
GBP 5,295 / USD 7,150
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘De Denver au Montana, Depart 27 Mai 1972’ (I) (Corlett 275), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
“De Denver au Montana” (I) (C. 275), 1992
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 6,350
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De Denver au Montana, départ 27 Mai 1972 (I)
(from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 275), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
“De Denver au Montana” (II) (C. 276), 1992
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 6,500 (Hammer)
GBP 8,590 / USD 11,595
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘De Denver au Montana, Depart 27 Mai 1972’ (II) (Corlett 276), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Japan nacré paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 42
“De Denver au Montana” (II) (C. 276), 1992
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 10,160
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De Denver au Montana, départ 27 Mai 1972 (II)
(from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 276), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
Amérique (C. 267)
Illustration for “Amérique”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 18 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches (48.1 x 35.4 cm)
Image: 14 3/4 x 11 inches (37.5 x 27.9 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 267
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.1
Auction Results
Artnet Auctions: 15 October 2025
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 30,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Illustration for “Amérique” (Corlett 267), 1992
From La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches paper
Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition 68/80
Les Editions du Solstice, Paris, pub.
Rago: 15 October 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 24,130
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 9,000 – 12,000
GBP 11,500 (Hammer)
GBP 15,148 / USD 20,450
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘L’Amérique’ (Corlett 267), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 9,000 – 12,000
USD 25,200
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Amérique (from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 267), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘32/80 rfl’
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 30,240
Illustration for “Amérique”, from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique, 1992
Etching and aquatint printed in colors on Arches wove paper
Initialed in pencil RL (lower right); numbered 22/80 (lower left)
Auto Poesie en Cavale de Bloomington (C.268)
Illustration for “Auto Poésie: en Cavale de Bloomington”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 18 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches (48.1 x 35.4 cm)
Image: 14 3/4 x 11 inches (37.5 x 27.9 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 268
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.2
Auction Results
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 6,350
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Auto poésie: en cavale de Bloomington
(from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 268), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 10,080
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Auto poésie: en cavale de Bloomington
(from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 268), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
Bonhams New-York: 23 February 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 10,000
USD 10,200
Etching and aquatint in colors on Velin d’Arches paper
Signed and numbered 70/80 from the unbound book edition
Bayonne en Entrant dans NYC (C. 269)
Illustration for “Bayonne en Entrant dans NYC”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 18 7/8 inches (35.4 x 48 cm)
Image: 10 15/16 x 14 11/16 inches (27.8 x 37.3 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 269
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.3
Auction Results
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 11,340
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Bayonne en entrant dans NYC (Corlett 269)
(from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
Or automnal (C. 270)
Illustration for “Or Automnal: Arrière-Saison en Nouvelle Angleterre”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 18 7/8 inches (35.4 x 48 cm)
Image: 10 15/16 x 14 11/16 inches (27.8 x 37.3 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 270
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.4
Auction Results
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 6,500 (Hammer)
GBP 8,590 / USD 11,595
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘Or Automnal: Arrière-Saison en Nouvelle Angleterre’ (Corlett 270), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 11,430
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Or automnal: arrière-saison en nouvelle Angleterre
(from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 270), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 10,710
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Or automnal: arrière-saison en nouvelle Angleterre (Corlett 270)
(from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
Une Fenetre Ouverte sur Chicago (C. 271)
Illustration for “Une Fenêtre ouverte sur Chicago”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 19 x 14 inches (48.2 x 35.6 cm)
Image: 14 15/16 x 11 1/8 inches (38 x 28.3 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 271
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.5
Auction Results
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Une fenêtre ouverte sur Chicago (from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique) (Corlett 271), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 10,080
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Une fenêtre ouverte sur Chicago (Corlett 271)
(from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
De Nouveau au dessus de Denver (C. 272)
Illustration for “De Nouveau au-dessus de Denver”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 18 7/8 inches (35.4 x 48 cm)
Image: 10 15/16 x 14 11/16 inches (27.8 x 37.3 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 272
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.6
Auction Results
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 16,510
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De nouveau au-dessus de Denver (from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique) (Corlett 272), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japanese nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein 92’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 10,710
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De nouveau au-dessus de Denver (Corlett 272)
(from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
Swann Galleries: 16 November 2023
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 13,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Illustration for “De Nouveau au-dessus Denver”, from La Nouvelle Chute de L’Amerique, 1992
Color etching and aquatint on Japon nacré
From the deluxe edition of 42 on Japon nacré
Signed, dated and numbered 31/42 in pencil
Passage du Nord-Ouest (C. 273)
Illustration for “Passage du Nord-Ouest”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Year: 1992
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (48 x 35.2 cm)
Image: 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 273
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.7
Auction Results
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 2,000 – 3,000
GBP 2,400 (Hammer)
GBP 3,180 / USD 4,290
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘Passage du Nord-Ouest’ (Corlett 273), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 3,810
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Passage du Nord-Quest
(from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 273), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 4,410
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Passage du Nord-Quest (Corlett 273)
(from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio), 1992
Etching and aquatint on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein 92’
Hüm Bom! (C. 274)
Illustration for “Hüm Bom!”
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 18 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches (48.1 x 35.4 cm)
Image: 14 3/4 x 10 15/16 inches (37.5 x 27.8 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 274
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.8
Auction Results
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 5,500 (Hammer)
GBP 7,275 / USD 9,825
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘Hüm-Bum!’ (Corlett 274), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
Rago: 12 February 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,255
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Hüm Bom! (from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 274), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 9,675
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for Hüm Bom! (from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 274), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
De Denver au Montana (I) (C. 275)
Illustration for “De Denver au Montana, Départ 27 Mai 1972” (I)
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 13 15/16 x 18 15/16 inches (35.4 x 48.1 cm)
Image: 11 x 14 7/8 inches (27.9 x 37.8 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 275
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.9
Auction Results
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 4,000 (Hammer)
GBP 5,295 / USD 7,150
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘De Denver au Montana, Depart 27 Mai 1972’ (I) (Corlett 275), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Arches paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 80
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 6,350
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De Denver au Montana, départ 27 Mai 1972 (I)
(from the La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 275), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 10,080
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De Denver au Montana, départ 27 Mai 1972 (I) (Colett 275)
(from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
Bonhams New-York: 26 May 2021
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 10,000
USD 10,200
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amerique (Corlett 275), 1992
Etching and aquatint on velin d’Arches paper
Initialed in pencil and numbered 44/80
De Denver au Montana (II) (C. 276)
Illustration for “De Denver au Montana, Départ 27 Mai 1972” (II)
from La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America)
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors
Year: 1992
Sheet: 18 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches (48.1 x 35.4 cm)
Image: 14 13/16 x 10 15/16 inches (37.6 x 27.8 cm)
Unbound Book Edition
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on 250-gram Velin d’Arches paper
Edition: 80 (unbound book edition)
Hors Commerce: 45 HC (numbered in Roman numerals)
Suite of Prints
Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on on Japanese nacré paper
Deluxe Edition: 42 plus 1 BAT and an unknown number of proofs
Publisher: Les Editions du Solstice, Paris
Printer: Atelier Dupont-Visa, L’Inediteur, Paris
Literature: Corlett 276
Roy Lichtenstein Catalogue Raisonne: RLCR 4139.10
Auction Results
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 6,500 (Hammer)
GBP 8,590 / USD 11,595
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
Illustration for ‘De Denver au Montana, Depart 27 Mai 1972’ (II) (Corlett 276), 1992
As included in ‘La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique’
Etching with aquatint printed in colors on Japan nacré paper
Initialed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 42
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 10,160
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De Denver au Montana, départ 27 Mai 1972 (II)
(from the La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio) (Corlett 276), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Japan nacré
Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge ‘18/42 rf Lichtenstein ’92’
Rago: 16 October 2024
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 8,820
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923–1997)
Illustration for De Denver au Montana, départ 27 Mai 1972 (II) (Corlett 276)
(from La nouvelle chute de l’Amérique portfolio), 1992
Etching and aquatint in colors on Arches
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘37/80 rfl’
The Complete Book
Bonhams Cornette Paris: 27 May 2025
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 80,000
EUR 127,400 / USD 145,095
(Corlett, 267-276)
Paris, Les Éditions du Solstice, 1992
11 poems by Allen Ginsberg, in French and English
Illustrated with 10 etchings and aquatints by Roy Lichtenstein
Loose sheets, in a folded blank cover, with publisher’s cloth-covered chemise and slipcase
All signed with Lichtenstein’s monogram, dated and numbered by him
Also includes a suite of 9 etchings and aquatints on Japon paper
All signed, dated, and numbered (one is missing: A Window in Chicago, Corlett 271)
Total edition of 125 copies
This is one of 80 nominative copies reserved for members (no. 7)
Signed by Roy Lichtenstein and Allen Ginsberg on the colophon
Only 42 copies include the signed Japon paper suite
Freeman’s Hindman: 14 November 2024
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 80,000
USD 82,550
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (American, 1923-1997)
La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (Corlett 267-276), 1992
The complete portfolio of ten etchings and aquatints with text by Allen Ginsberg and portfolio case
Each initialed and numbered 63/80 in pencil
Signed by Lichtenstein and Ginsberg and numbered in pencil on the colophon
Doyle New-York: 30 April 2024
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 83,050
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)
LA NOUVELLE CHUTE DE L’AMÉRIQUE (THE NEW FALL OF AMERICA) (CORLETT 267-276), 1992
Complete set of ten etchings and aquatints on Velin d’Arches paper
Signed with initials and numbered 68/80 in pencil
Also signed by the artist and Allen Ginsberg, and numbered on the justification in pencil
With the complete text in French and English
In the original red cloth-covered portfolio case and blue cloth-covered slipcase
Sotheby’s New-York: 18 October 2023
Estimated: USD 100,000 – 150,000
USD 127,000
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997)
La Nouvelle Chute de l’Amérique (The New Fall of America) (Corlett 267 – 276), 1992
The complete portfolio comprising 10 etchings and aquatints, 9 in colors on Arches wove paper
Each initialed in pencil and inscribed ‘IV/XLV’
An hors commerce set aside from the numbered edition of 80
Also signed in pencil by the artist and author and inscribed ‘IV/XLV’ on the colophon
Contained in the original red linen-covered portfolio case and blue linen-covered slip case
Bonhams Cornette: 6 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 79,140 / USD 84,641
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
LA CHUTE DE L’AMERIQUE, 1992
The complete book comprising 11 poems by Alan Ginsberg illustrated
with 10 etchings and aquatint in colors by Roy Lichtenstein
Each initialed and numbered 36/80