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Tom Wesselmann

Great American Nude No. 43

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden

Tom Wesselmann

1931 - 2004


Great American Nude No. 43

signed wesselmann and dated '63 (on the reverse)

oil, enamel, acrylic, fabric, paper and cardboard collage with television set on panel

48 by 47¾ by 8 in.

121.9 by 121.3 by 20.3 cm.

Executed in 1963.


Please note that this work will be included in the Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus published by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, and will be included in their forthcoming Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné.

Green Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mayer, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1963)
Christie's New York, 7 November 1989, lot 12
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's New York, 17 November 1998, lot 45
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Beyond Pop: Tom Wesselmann2012, p. 26 (text)
Exh. Cat., Whitney Museum of American Art, Art about Art, 1978, p. 152-153, illustrated