Roy Lichtenstein
BICENTENNIAL POSTER (AMERICAN: THE THIRD CENTURY), 1975
Screenprint in yellow, red, green, olive, gray, blue,
and black, on smooth white wove paper
Sheet: 34 15/16 x 23 5/8 inches
Image: 30 ½ x 22 1/16 inches
35 x 23 5/8 in
88.7 x 60 cm
79/200
Available at Surovek Gallery
A retrospective of the works of Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was supposed to open at the Whitney this week but has been postponed for a time, to be announced, in 2026.
Last month, a Sotheby’s auction of more than ninety works from the Lichtenstein estate was expected to exceed $15 million. The actual total from the September 26th sale was $27 million.
The home in the Hamptons that Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein (1939-2024) bought in 1970, is on the market. The asking price is $17.9 million. The couple’s home and studio in Greenwich Village was given to the Whitney. It has been renovated and now serves as a space for the museum’s Independent Study Program.
The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation continues to divest its assets through contributions and donations to art groups and museums.
The Foundation recently gave a $2 million grant to the Smithsonian Institution. The grant will help the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art to preserve and archive digital materials and digital artworks.
A gift of $25,000 was given, by the Lichtenstein Foundation, to the Trisha Brown Dance Company, in memory of Dorothy Lichtenstein. The money was given to the company as a lead gift to reimagine works that Robert Rauschenberg collaborated on in the 1960s, like Pelican.
Robert Rauschenberg often collaborated with Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown, designing sets and costumes, but Pelican, first performed in 1963, was the first work that Rauschenberg not only choreographed but also performed…on roller skates.
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. He is being remembered in venues all over the world, including the Guggenheim, the Museum of the City of New York and the Grey Art Museum at NYU.
Rauschenberg moved to a 22-acre site in Captiva, Florida in 1970. After his death, his ashes were scattered on the beach and the property was used for an artists’ residency program, as he had planned.
Sadly, the property was damaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022 and the Rauschenberg Foundation is planning on selling the property. On a happier note, the Captiva property was visited by more than 500 artists before the hurricane.
Please contact us if you would like more information about the works of Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg available at Surovek Gallery.
References:
Brian Boucher. Art From Roy Lichtenstein Estate Shatters Estimates With $27 Million Sale. Artnet. September 29, 2025.
Mary Elizabeth Andriotis. Roy Lichtenstein’s Former Hamptons Estate Is on the Market for $17.9 Million. Galerie. September 25, 2025.
Smithsonian receives $2 million from Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Philanthropy News Digest. August 12, 2025.
Deborah Solomon. Happy 100th Mirthday, Robert Rauschenberg. The New York Times. October 10, 2025.
