Salute to Aviation

1968 · Print

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Not on view at present

Where is “Salute to Aviation” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

New York, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

1967
First museum retrospective in Pasadena
In 1967 the Pasadena Art Museum in California held Lichtenstein’s first museum retrospective.
1967
First solo exhibitions in Europe
In the same year, 1967, Lichtenstein’s first solo exhibition in Europe was held at museums in Amsterdam, London, Bern and Hannover.
1968
Married: Dorothy Lichtenstein
27 June 1968 – 6 October 1968
Exhibition: 4. documenta
1969
First retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum
In 1969 the Guggenheim Museum held Lichtenstein’s first retrospective there, organised by Diane Waldman.
1970
A house and studio in Southampton
In the late 1960s the couple rented a house in Southampton that Larry Rivers had bought around the corner from his own, and in 1970 Lichtenstein bought a 1910 carriage house facing the ocean on Long Island. He built a studio there, spent the rest of the 1970s in relative seclusion, and split his time between Manhattan and Southampton until his death.