Scott Edelman writes for Bleeding Cool; I headed to Manhattan Saturday for a visit to the Bernarducci Meisel Gallery so I could see for myself those
lichtenstein Archives
Among the items stolen were two pieces derived from comic book art: A limited print of Andy Warhol's Superman and Lichtenstein's Thinking Nude.
The Warhol is based on a Murphy Anderson image, while the Lichtenstein print seems to be a swipe of a comic panel by artist Jim Pike, who was a romance artist of[...]
The 1964 Roy Lichtenstein painting "Ohhh… Alright…" sold at Christie's last night for $42.6 million, a record for a Lichtenstein by a wide margin According to David Barsalou, the author of Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein, the piece was inspired by this comic book panel inked by Bernard Sachs.
Anybody have more complete info about the original[...]