Michael Crichton's Pop Masterpieces
The late author's extraordinary art collection is up for auction next month, including seminal works by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Roy Lichtenstein. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
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Signed and dated `rf Lichtenstein '77' (on the reverse)
Oil and magna on canvas
69 3/4 x 80 in. (177.2 x 203.2 cm.)
Painted in 1977.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed `rf Lichtenstein' (lower right)
Ink, graphite and paper collage on paper
Image: 19 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (48.9 x 59.7 cm.)
Sheet: 23 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. (59.7 x 72.7 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed, titled and dated `STUDIO PAINTING Rauschenberg 1960-61' (on the reverse)
Combine painting: Oil, charcoal, printed paper and fabric collage on canvas with metal, twine, sewn and stuffed fabric, in two parts
75 1/2 x 73 x 6 in. (191.8 x 185.4 x 15.2 cm.)
Executed in 1960-1961.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed, titled and dated `TRAPEZE Rauschenberg 1964' (on the reverse)
Oil and silkscreen inks on canvas, in two parts
120 x 48 in. (304.8 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed `Johns' (on the underside); signed again `J. Johns 1960-`66' (on the reverse)
Encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas
17 1/2 x 26 3/4 in. (44.5 x 67.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960-1966.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed, titled and dated with stencil `STUDY FOR A PAINTING J JOHNS
2002' (lower edge); signed again `Jasper Johns' (on a paper label affixed to the stretcher)
Encaustic on linen and wood with metal and string
63 1/4 x 78 1/4 x 6 in. (160.7 x 198.8 x 15.2 cm.)
Executed in 2002.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed and incorrectly dated `Ed Ruscha 1965' (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
30 x 28 in. (76.2 x 71.1 cm.)
Painted in 1964.
$700,000 to $1,000,000
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed, titled, dated and numbered `Chicago Board of Trade '97 1/6 A. Gursky'
Color coupler print face-mounted on Plexiglas, wood frame
73 x 95 1/8 in. (185.4 x 241.6 cm.)
Executed in 1997. This work is number one in an edition of six.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed `Tansey' (center right); signed again, titled and dated `Tansey 2003 "Push-Pull"' (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
84 x 108 1/4 in. (213.4 x 275 cm.)
Painted in 2003.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (100.3 x 81.9 cm.)
Painted in 1917.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
Signed `Picasso' (upper left); dated `20.4.61.' (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
63 7/8 x 51 1/4 in. (162.2 x 130.2 cm.)
Painted on April 20, 1961.
Christie's Images LTD. 2010
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