
Still Life with Picasso (Study)
1973
A preparatory study in graphite and colored pencil, this work by Roy Lichtenstein explores his ongoing dialogue with art history through a carefully composed arrangement of everyday objects rendered in his signature bold, graphic style. The drawing pays homage to Pablo Picasso while simultaneously asserting Lichtenstein's own visual language, blending the conventions of Cubism with his pop sensibility. Precise lines and flat areas of color reflect his meticulous approach to translating painted compositions from their inception on paper.
- Medium
- graphite and colored pencil on paper
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
Notes
Literature: Andrea Theil, ed., Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné , New York, 2023 - ongoing, RLCR 2210, illustrated in color (online) Exhibition History: Paris, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Centre Beaubourg ( Roy Lichtenstein: Dessins sans bande ); Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz ( Roy Lichtenstein: Zeichnungen ) and Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen ( Pop Art: Roy Lichtenstein ), January - September 1975 New York, James Goodman Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein: A Drawing Retrospective , April - May 1984, no. 23, illustrated New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1985 - 1994 (extended loan) New York, Museum of Modern Art; Tel Aviv Museum; Dublin, Trinity College, Douglas Hyde Gallery; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art and Washington D.C., The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein, March 1987 - September 1988 Cuenca, Museo de Arte Abstracto Español ( Lichtenstein: En proceso ); Palma de Mallorca, Museu d'Art Espanyol Contemporani ( Lichtenstein: En proceso ); Madrid, Fundación Juan March ( Roy Lichtenstein: De principio a fin , revised and expanded); Pinacothèque de Paris ( Roy Lichtenstein: Évolution ); Katonah Museum of Art ( Lichtenstein in Process ); Memphis, Dixon Gallery and Gardens ( Lichtenstein in Process ); and Malibu, Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University ( Lichtenstein in Process ), November 2005 - April 2011, no. 30, p. 48, illustrated in color (detail) (Cuenca); no. 6, p. 45, illustrated in color (Madrid); no. 6, p. 45, illustrated in color (Paris)
🔨 Auction Lot
Origins II
January 31, 2026
Estimate: $100,000 – $150,000
Lot 18
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