Roy Lichtenstein's 'Sleeping Girl' To Be Auctioned In NYC

NEW YORK -- A work by Roy Lichtenstein (LIHK'-tehn-styn) is going on the auction block in New York City. The presale estimate is up to $40 million.

"Sleeping Girl" has been exhibited only once before – at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 1989-90. It's among a series of sexy comic book-inspired images Lichtenstein created in the 1960s. It shows a woman with closed eyes and flowing blond hair

The work will be offered at Sotheby's on May 9. It's from the estate of Beatrice and Phillip Gersh of Los Angeles.

Another Lichtenstein sold for $43.2 million at Christie's in November. It's called: "I Can See the Whole Room! ... and There's Nobody in it!" The price was a record for the artist.

Comments

[popart]

07:06 AM on 02/29/2012

i had hoped that this stupid painting was going to be chopped up and tossed...no such luck.

if i had an extra 40 million laying about i would buy it and chop it up myself.

[NormdePlume]

02:11 PM on 02/28/2012

The auction block and the chopping block are two entirely different things. In this instance, you mean the auction block.

[PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS]

02:25 PM on 02/26/2012

silly people..........................

[juabdib]

05:36 PM on 02/26/2012

That's a lot of money, but it is a major work by one of our culture's greatest artists.

[PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS]

06:45 PM on 02/26/2012

I realize he basicaly created a whole new genre and had a tremendous impact...But damm I can not seem to be able to wrap my brain around a fairly recent piece of art being worth such an astronomical sum..................

[jl4141]

01:38 PM on 02/28/2012

More like one of our culture's one-trick ponies.

[MrNOBODYCares]

09:10 PM on 02/25/2012

40 million? I think I will paint a sleeping gurl too but I want my $40 million while I am alive and well

Mr. NOBODY
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[juabdib]

05:37 PM on 02/26/2012

I hope you find a buyer.

[deserthome17]

08:19 PM on 02/26/2012

That's the rub. You usually have to starve for years and die. Then they decide you were a great artist.

[calltoaction]

09:23 PM on 02/27/2012

not really the case anymore.

[Jarrod38]

01:59 PM on 02/25/2012

Just hope shipping and handling is free if not no deal for me.

[calltoaction]

09:23 PM on 02/27/2012

plus about 10% house fee