The Artwork of the Month – Roy Lichtenstein – Nude with Yellow Pillow (1994)
We are pleased to present this month Nude with Yellow Pillow (1994), a technically refined and visually commanding relief print on BFK Rives mould-made paper by Roy Lichtenstein — one of the most iconic, influential, and enduringly collectible figures in the history of American art, and a defining voice of the Pop Art movement whose work continues to shape the international conversation around twentieth-century art.
Executed on BFK Rives mould-made paper — one of the most prized supports in fine art printmaking, celebrated for its exceptional surface quality and archival integrity — this work belongs to Lichtenstein's celebrated late-career Nudes series, in which the artist revisits the academic genre of the female nude through the irreverent, formally rigorous lens of Pop Art. The composition deploys all of his most immediately recognisable visual codes: meticulously layered Ben-Day dots, razor-sharp black contours, and a boldly orchestrated chromatic palette — the pillow's vivid yellow playing against the graphic black-and-white of the figure with an authority entirely characteristic of the artist at his most assured. Signed and dated in pencil by the artist lower right, and measuring 117 × 94 cm, this is a work of considerable scale and physical presence — a room-defining statement of exceptional formal clarity and collector significance.
Published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., New York — one of the most prestigious print studios in American art history and the institutional force behind some of Lichtenstein's most important graphic productions of the 1990s — this work carries a provenance of unimpeachable distinction. The edition, strictly limited to 60 impressions, and the catalogue raisonné reference Corlett 283 render this one of the most fully documented and traceable works the artist's graphic oeuvre has to offer.
Nude with Yellow Pillow (1994) represents a rare opportunity to acquire a signed, large-format, and fully documented work by one of the defining artistic voices of the twentieth century — a piece of exceptional material quality, formal ambition, and enduring art-historical significance.
The artwork is shipped worldwide from France with professional packaging, full insurance, and tracking, ensuring a secure and seamless acquisition.