
Art Institute of Chicago
Alka Seltzer
Roy Lichtenstein · 1966
Provenance
Ownership history
- Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; sold through Paul Bianchini to Richard and Carole Selle, New York, 1966; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Museum of Modern Art (organizer), "Zeichnung heute--Drawing Now," 1976-77, pp. 18 (ill.), and 54, cat. 91, as "Tablet;" traveled to the Kunsthaus Zürich, Oct. 10-Nov. 14, 1976; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Nov. 25, 1976-Jan. 16, 1977; and Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Jan. 20-Feb. 28, 1977.
- Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, "Alumni Who Collect: Drawings from the 16th Century to the Present," Mar. 18-May 16, 1982, pp. 74-75, cat. 97 (ill.), as "Tablet."
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, "The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein," Mar. 15-June 2, 1987, pp. 71 (ill.) and 185, as "Tablet."
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," Mar. 24-Sept. 13, 2009, no cat.
- New York, The Morgan Library and Museum, “Roy Lichtenstein: The Black–And–White Drawings, 1961–1968,” Sept. 24, 2010–Jan. 2, 2011, pp. 184 and 185; traveled to Vienna, The Albertina Museum, Feb. 4–May 15, 2011
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Roy Lichtenstein; A Retrospective," May 22-Sept. 3, 2012, pp. 312-13, cat. 139 (ill.); traveled to Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Oct. 14, 2012-Jan. 3, 2013; London, Tate Modern, Feb. 21-May 27, 2013; and Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, July 3-Nov. 4, 2013.
Literature
Published references
- Roy Lichtenstein, Drawings and Prints (New York, 1971), p. 119 (ill.), no. 66-2.
- Bernice Rose, Drawing Now (New York, 1976), pp. 42-43 (ill.), as "Tablet."
- Riva Castleman, Seven Master Printmakers, exh. cat. (New York, 1991), p. 93.
- James N. Wood and Debra N. Mancoff, Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 2000), p. 307 (color ill.).
- Mark Pascale, “Alka Seltzer,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 30:1 (2004), pp. 90-91 (color ill.).
- The Essential Guide (Chicago, 2009), p. 315 (ill.).
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