Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

By the wishes of the artist and his family, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation was established primarily to:

• Facilitate public access to the work of Roy Lichtenstein and the art and artists of his time
• Create a catalogue raisonné of all known Lichtenstein works
• Share information to assist the development and education of the next generations of curators, critics, and scholars concerning the artist Roy Lichtenstein

Over the past fifteen years, the foundation has expanded its activities to include:

• Rescue, organization, and donation of the Shunk-Kender and Harry Shunk Photography Collections to a consortium of five international museums and research centers
• Support of the Aspen Institute National Study of Artist-Endowed Foundations
• Expertise provision to numerous Lichtenstein exhibitions
• Support of outreach and research topics, including artists' materials and postwar art and art history
• Building a Study Collection of early Lichtenstein and later generative sketches, models, maquettes, and artifacts
• Functioning as an image and information database for art, art history, and oral histories
• Working with museums to acquire notable Lichtenstein artworks

The foundation's program areas include:

• Oral history project—recorded interviews with Roy Lichtenstein acquaintances, family, collectors, friends, and staff members
• Creation of catalogue raisonné—multi-volume and electronic comprehensive catalogue documenting all known artworks of Roy Lichtenstein
• Exhibitions of art by Roy Lichtenstein in New York and London
• Sales of works by Roy Lichtenstein to museums or private collectors who then donate works to museums to facilitate public access