Lot 431
  • 431

Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
  • Study for Nude Collage Edition, 1970
  • thinned liquitex and pencil on ragboard
  • Sheet: 4 by 8 1/2 in. (10.16 by 21.6 cm.); Framed: 11 1/4 by 15 5/8 in. (28.6 by 39.7 cm.)
thinned liquitex and pencil on ragboard; signed, dated '70', and dedicated 'For Arnie"

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Arnie Langer, New York
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner in 2016

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The board is hinged intermittently along the reverse to the backing board. There is discoloration along the edges of the board, most likely due to past framing. There are scattered, pinpoint media accretions, visible upon close inspection. Framed under Plexiglas.
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Catalogue Note

Tom Wesselmann's career-long and often large-scale exploration of the female form is made intimate in the miniature 'Study for Nude Collage Edition,' 1970.  Gifted to the artist's close personal friend, the present work is an unadorned study for 'Nude Collage,' 1970, currently in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.