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'''''Torpedo...Los!''''' is a 1963 painting by [[Roy Lichtenstein]]. When it last sold in 1989, ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the work as "a comic-strip image of sea warfare".<ref name=AdKWSARa$M/>

On November 7, 1989 ''Torpedo...Los!'' sold at [[Christie's]] for $5.5 million (US${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|5.5|1989|r=1}}}} million in {{CURRENTYEAR}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}}) to Zurich dealer Thomas Ammann, which was a record for a Lichtenstein.<ref name=AdKWSARa$M>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/09/arts/a-de-kooning-work-sets-a-record-at-20.7-million.html|title=A de Kooning Work Sets A Record at $20.7 Million|accessdate=2012-05-09|date=1989-11-09|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Reif, Rita}}</ref>

==Notes==