NEW YORK (AP) - A painting by the late pop artist Roy Lichtenstein has sold at auction in New York City for more than $43 million, a world auction record for him.
The 1961 painting is titled “I Can See the Whole Room! … and There’s Nobody in It!” It depicts a man’s face peering through a peephole. It sold Tuesday night at a Christie’s auction house postwar and contemporary art sale.
Lichtenstein’s 1964 painting “Ohhh … Alright …” sold for his previous auction record of more than $42 million last November. It’s a comic book image of a distressed woman speaking into a telephone.
Lichtenstein was famous for his cartoon-inspired style and along with artists including Andy Warhol and Jasper John helped launch the pop art movement. He died in 1997.
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