NEW YORK, NY.- artnet auctions is currently presenting their highly anticipated Pop Art sale. Featuring the strongly recognizable styles of the movement’s most popular artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Tom Wesselmann, and Keith Haring, among others, this auction celebrates the legacy of an iconic aesthetic. Pop Art is live for bidding through November 25, 2014. Browse the sale now, here.

Shown here is Andy Warhol’s Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) (1984). Warhol created his own rendition of Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" as a part of a series intended to give a "Pop" twist to the icons of the Italian Renaissance. Rather than depicting a larger portion of the original composition, Warhol focuses instead on Venus’s head, underscoring the sensual nature of the subject by portraying her hair flowing in the wind. Although Warhol moved on to other historical sources in his subsequent series, including works by Leonardo da Vinci and Paolo Uccello, 'Birth of Venus' remains the most desirable of the group. Warhol created four different versions bestowing celebrity status on Venus, the Roman goddess of love. As with his Marilyn series, Warhol creates black, white, pink and yellow images, bringing into question the ancient ideals of female beauty as they relate to beauty in this contemporary age of diversity. The present example is one of five printer's proofs from a larger edition of 70 and has an estimate of US$16,000-18,000.

Highlights

• Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997), Mirror (from Harvey Gantt Portfolio), 1990. Screenprint in colors on white 4-ply board, 10 х 7.25 in. (25.4 x 18.42 cm.). Signed , dated and numbered in pencil. Edition 64/250. Foundry/Publisher Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, pub. Estimate US$5,000-7,000

• Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990), Radiant Baby (from Icons), 1990. Screenprint with embossing in colors, 21 х 25 in. (53.34 x 63.5 cm.). Stamped with the artist's Estate stamp and signed by the executor in pencil on the reverse. Edition E.A. aside from the edition of 250. Foundry/Publisher Shafrazi Editions Inc, pub.; Studio Heinrici, prntr. Estimate US$6,000-8,000

• Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997), Sunrise, 1965. Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, 17.25 х 23.25 in. (43.82 x 59.06 cm.). Signed in pencil. Edition of unknown size. Foundry/Publisher Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. Estimate US$16,000-18,000

• Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Red Lenin, 1987. Screenprint in colors on Arches 88 paper, 39.25 х 29.25 in. (99.7 x 74.3 cm.). Signed in pencil on the reverse by the executor of the Andy Warhol Estate, Frederick W. Hughes. Edition of 120. Foundry/Publisher Andy Warhol, New York/ Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Estimate US$100,000-120,000

• Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990), Untitled, 1985. Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board, 23.5 х 31.5 in. (59.69 x 80.01 cm.). Signed, dated, and numbered 117/150 in pencil. Edition of 150. Estimate US$18,000-22,000