Ohhh...Alright...
| Ohhh...Alright... | |
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| Artist | Roy Lichtenstein |
| Year | 1964 |
| Type | Pop art |
| Dimensions | 91.4 cm × 96.5 cm (36 in × 38 in) |
Ohhh...Alright... is a 1964 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein. It formerly held the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein painting.
History
In November 2010, Ohhh...Alright..., previously owned by Steve Martin and later by Steve Wynn,[1] was sold at a record US $42.6 million (£26.7 million) at a sale at Christie's in New York, which surpassed the 2005 $16.2 million Lichtenstein record set when In the Car sold.[2] The hammer price was $38 million.[3] It was surpassed in the following year by I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!, which sold for $43.2 million.[4]
Details
Measuring 91.4 cm × 96.5 cm (36 in × 38 in), Ohhh...Alright... is derived from the June 1963 edition of Secret Hearts #88 (g) by Arleigh Publishing Corp. (now part of D. C. Comics).[5] After 1963, Lichtenstein's comics-based women "...look hard, crisp, brittle, and uniformly modish in appearance, as if they all came out of the same pot of makeup." This particular example is one of several that is cropped so closely that the hair flows beyond the edges of the canvas.[6] The image was featured in the November 8, 1993 edition of Time, which discussed the 1993 Lichtenstein retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.[7] It was also the image used to promote the 2012 Lichtenstein retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago.[8]
Exhibitions
The exhibition history of this work includes three 21st century exhibitions: Las Vegas, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, April–September 2001; London, Hayward Gallery; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Roy Lichtenstein: All About Art, August 2003-February 2005; New York, Gagosian Gallery, Lichtenstein: Girls, May–June 2008.[9]
Notes
- ^ Crow, Kelly (2010-10-01). "Pop Goes the Art Market: A $40 Million Lichtenstein?". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "Roy Lichtenstein painting fetches $42.6m at auction". BBC News. November 11, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
- ^ "In the Saleroom: Roy Lichtenstein's Ohhh...Alright..., 1964". Christies. 2010-11-11. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ Kazakina, Katya and Philip Boroff (2011-11-09). "Roy Lichtenstein Peephole Sets $43 Million Record at Christie's". Retrieved 2012-05-15.
{{cite web}}: Text "publisherBloomberg" ignored (help) - ^ "Ohhh...Alright..." Lichtenstein Foundation. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ Coplans, John, ed. (1972). "Introduction, Biographical Notes, Chronology of Imagery and Art". Roy Lichtenstein. Praeger Publishers. p. 23.
Very often a head is cropped to such an extent that the hair flows outside the borders of the format...
- ^ Hughes, Robert (1993-11-08). "The Image Duplicator" (subscription required). Time. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Advertising insert". Chicago Tribune. 2012-05-06.
- ^ "Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997): Ohhh...Alright..." Christies. Retrieved 2012-05-16.