This week America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, I thought it fitting to share two exceptional works by one of our nation’s most influential artists, Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). Both capture the bold innovation and unmistakable visual language that helped define American Pop Art. Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) I […]
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Twenty-three years ago, I had the privilege of placing this remarkable painting, Adam & Eve, by Italian artist Walter Girotto, with one of my clients, who we will call, “Bob”. At the time, I was still managing 3 locations of Collection Privée gallery including the one in Tampa’s historic Old Hyde Park Village, where Bob
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There are certain paintings that don’t announce themselves loudly. They don’t compete for attention so much as they wait quietly, patiently, until the viewer is ready to meet them where they are. This pair of oils by José Royo, painted in 2011, belongs to that category. At first glance, they are unmistakably beautiful. Figures softened
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Roy Lichtenstein built his reputation during the 1960s by transforming the visual language of comic books into fine art. Bold black contours, Ben-Day dots, and flattened perspectives became synonymous with the Pop Art movement, challenging traditional distinctions between “high” and “low” culture. By the early 1990s, however, Lichtenstein had evolved far beyond appropriation. His landmark
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Few artists reshaped the visual language of the twentieth century as decisively as Roy Lichtenstein. Alongside figures like Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg, Lichtenstein helped define the Pop Art movement of the early 1960s by transforming imagery from mass culture—comic books, advertising, and popular illustration—into large-scale fine art. But while his paintings often command the
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Not all love stories are healthy. Presented here are two editioned works by HIJACK (Jacques Guetta, b. 1992) — an artist from the next generation of urban contemporary voices translating modern life through bold graphic language and sharp cultural humor. In Toxic Love (2019), affection meets danger — a reminder that attraction and dysfunction often
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Jose ROYO (Spanish, b. 1941) En la cala (In the Cove), c. 2010 Oil on canvas 150 x 150cm (horizontal- unframed) Signed by the artist Ships from Spain with Original Certificate of Authenticity List Price: $70,000. PRICE: on request The work depicts one of Royo’s most recognizable subjects: elegantly dressed female figures resting along a
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Justin Bower (American, b. 1975) Fidelity (2017) Oil on canvas 84 x 72 in (213 x 183 cm) Provenance: Private collection, directly from the artist (2019) PRICE: on request Executed at a pivotal moment in Justin Bower’s mature practice, Fidelity (2017) exemplifies the artist’s exploration of identity in the age of technological mediation. Monumental in scale, the painting confronts
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Certainly. Below is a Sotheby’s/Christie’s-style catalogue entry for the Helmut Newton photograph. HELMUT NEWTON (1920–2004) Andy Warhol Sleeping, Paris, 1974 Gelatin silver print, printed laterImage: 63 x 44 cm (24 ¾ x 17 ⅜ in.)Sheet: 70 x 49.8 cm (27 ½ x 19 ⅝ in.) Flush-mounted on black cardboard (73 x 53 cm) and presented
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Scale, Scarcity, and Iconography (2017–2018) KAWS has built one of the most recognizable visual languages of the last two decades—one that bridges fine art, design, and popular culture without ever losing its conceptual core. Among collectors, the period between 2016 and 2018, particularly works published by Pace Editions / Pace Prints, is widely regarded as
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