In the early 1960’s American art went Pop. Roy Lichtenstein’s The Ring (Engagement) from 1962 is one of the most subtle and complex works from this period, epitomizing as it does Lichtenstein’s hot and cold approach – hot in his choice of dramatic subject matter, cold in its graphic execution and painted just as his first marriage was ending. Estimated at around $50 million the work comes up at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art evening auction in New York on May 12. It is from the collection of Chicago businessman and philanthropist Stefan T. Edlis. Here is a video from Sotheby’s about it.
UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $41,690,000