• Exhibition catalogue cover, Roy Lichtenstein, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965. Full-bleed Benday-dot pattern in blue and black across cream wrappers; artist name ROY LICHTENSTEIN set diagonally in bold black serif capitals from lower-left to upper-right. Age toning and foxing visible at lower corners. Stapled binding.
  • `Two-page colour spread, Landscape, 1965, by Roy Lichtenstein. Horizontal bands of blue Benday dots separated by white cloud and ground forms; dark black dot band across the middle ground. Title and date captioned in small type at upper left: LANDSCAPE / 1965. Vertical use fold visible through centre of spread. Catalogue open flat, printed on cream paper.`
  • `Two-page spread, Seascape with Clouds, 1965, by Roy Lichtenstein. Black-and-white Benday-dot seascape: large amorphous cloud forms in white against dense dot field above; bold horizontal black band across middle ground with irregular white reflections; undulating wave lines in lower register. Title and date captioned in small type at upper left: SEASCAPE WITH CLOUDS / 1965. Catalogue open flat, printed on cream paper.`
  • `Two-page spread, Sunrise, 1965, by Roy Lichtenstein. Black-and-white Benday-dot sunrise: radiating rays fan outward from a semicircular sun at the horizon, cloud forms in middle ground, dark undulating seascape below. Title and date captioned in small type at upper right: SUNRISE / 1965. French interview text from Gene Swenson's "What is Pop Art?" runs in two columns below the image, including the question Êtes-vous anti-expérimental? Catalogue open flat, printed on cream paper.`
  • Rear wrapper, Roy Lichtenstein catalogue, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965. Plain cream paper, unprinted. Handwritten ink inscription in cursive at upper centre reading approximately: [Picallce?] Michel / chez Madame Savignat / 274 Rue St Honoré / Paris Ier. First word partially illegible. Vertical use fold running full length of wrapper. General age toning and handling wear.
  • `Opening spread, Roy Lichtenstein catalogue, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965. Verso: artist name LICHTENSTEIN in large bold black sans-serif capitals, with date JUIN 1965 in small type at lower left. Recto: opening of Gene Swenson's interview in French, beginning Q. Qu'est-ce que le Pop Art? Two-column text on cream paper. Catalogue open flat.
  • Closing spread, Roy Lichtenstein catalogue, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965. Verso: inside rear wrapper printed solid deep blue, Benday-dot cover design visible in reverse. Recto: colophon page in cream, gallery imprint at lower centre reading ILEANA SONNABEND / 37 QUAI DES GRANDS AUGUSTINS / PARIS VI, set in spaced sans-serif capitals with rule above. Vertical use fold visible on recto. Catalogue open flat.
  • Opening spread, Roy Lichtenstein catalogue, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965. Verso: inside front wrapper, cream paper, unprinted, with vertical use fold and age toning visible. Recto: inside front wrapper printed solid deep blue, Benday-dot cover design visible in reverse through the paper. Catalogue open flat.
  • Interior spread, Roy Lichtenstein catalogue, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965. Verso: cream page with colophon in small type at lower left reading Photographies: Rudolph Burckhardt, Eric Pollitzer / N.G. Girard, Paris. Recto: inside wrapper printed solid deep blue. Staple binding visible at centre gutter. Catalogue open flat.
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Roy Lichtenstein — Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965

Roy Lichtenstein — Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, 1965

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Exhibition catalogue published for Roy Lichtenstein’s 1965 exhibition at Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris. First edition.

18.1 × 25.7 cm, 16 pp. Offset-printed wrappers with Benday-dot cover design in blue and black, artist name set diagonally in bold serif type. Stapled binding. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with a two-page colour spread of Landscape, 1965. Text in French, including a translation of Gene Swenson’s interview “What is Pop Art?”, first published in ARTnews, November 1963.

The exhibition focused on landscape works — seascape, sunrise, horizon, cloud. Subjects that allowed Lichtenstein to move the comic-strip and commercial-print vocabulary into a more classical genre. The Benday dot is no longer only a quotation from mass reproduction. It becomes atmosphere, weather, surface, and system.

This copy has a history. A pronounced vertical crease runs through the full publication: not a publishing fold but a use fold. The catalogue was reduced for carrying — placed into a jacket or back pocket, taken somewhere. The rear wrapper carries a handwritten note in ink, reading approximately:

[Picallce?] Michel / chez Madame Savignat / 274 Rue St Honoré / Paris Ier

The first word remains partially illegible. The note appears to record a Paris address or temporary lodging: “at Madame Savignat’s,” 274 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris 1er. Sonnabend’s gallery appears inside as institution. The rear inscription supplies another address. Between the two, the object moves.

This copy was not only retained. It was folded, carried, and marked. It has a secondary route.

Retained in good vintage condition. General age toning, handling wear, light creasing and surface marks throughout. The vertical fold is structural and consistent throughout. Rear wrapper with handwritten ownership or address note in ink.

Format: Exhibition catalogue, first edition
Dimensions: 18.1 × 25.7 cm
Pages: 16 pp.
Language: French
Publisher/Venue: Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris
Date: 1965
Condition: Good vintage condition

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