Lot 110
  • 110

Tom Wesselmann

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Tom Wesselmann
  • Smoker Study (for Smoker #15)
  • oil on canvas
  • 16 by 21 in. 40.6 by 53.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1973.

Provenance

Jenny Wesselmann, New York (gift of the artist in 1974)
Haunch of Venison, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, a pinpoint spot at the lower left corner and a pinpoint spot along the lower left edge fluoresce lightly, likely a result of the artist’s own retouching at the time of execution. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

“The prime mission of my art, in the beginning, and continuing still, is to make figurative art as exciting as abstract art.” Tom Wesselmann