One of the earliest figures in American Pop art, Tom Wesselmann originally intended to become a cartoonist. Born in 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wesselmann first studied psychology. Shortly after completing his degree at the University of Cincinatti, he relocated to New York City to study art at the Cooper Union. Wesselmann’s earliest works were small collages and assemblages, first utilizing discarded paper and old advertisements, then integrating found objects, such as utensils or even old television sets. His first large-scale series, Great American Nude, begun in 1961, earned him the attention of the art world. Featuring aggressively sexualized and highly depersonalized female figures set in commonplace surroundings, the compositions focus on sensual details, such as women’s mouths, nipples, and genitalia. The series exemplifies Wesselmann’s place as one of the originators of American Pop art; the use of bright, undiluted colors and the impersonal, advertisement-like motifs are all hallmarks of the movement. His later Smoker series would employ many of the same techniques; on large-scale canvases shaped like mouths, and done in bright, primary colors, the mouths become cartoonish symbols of eroticism. As Wesselmann progressed, he no longer constrained himself to the rectangular format canvas. Instead, he shaped and structured his canvases to correlate with his compositions; for example, his Still Life #57, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is not even constrained to a single canvas, but, instead, is made up of six irregularly shaped supports. His works can be found in the collections of the Honolulu Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Given the popularity and demand for Pop art, market values have been generally optimistic; according to Sotheby’s Mei Moses the average compound annual return for Wesselmann is 9.4%, with 77.9% of works increasing in value.

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Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction

Tom Wesselmann 1931 - 2004 Still Life with Odalisque and Black Goldfish titled and dated 1999 (on the overlap) oil on canvas 117.7 by 165.2 cm. 46¼ by 65 in. Executed in 1999. ---------------------------------------------- 湯姆·衛索曼 1931 - 2004年 《靜物畫：宮女與黑金魚》 款識 Still Life with Odalisque and Black Goldfish，1999（畫布折入處） 油畫畫布 117.7 x 165.2 公分 46¼ x 65 英寸 1999年作

View 1 of Lot 148: Tom Wesselmann 湯姆·衛索曼 | Still Life with Odalisque and Black Goldfish 靜物畫：宮女與黑金魚

tom wesselmann 湯姆·衛索曼 | still life with odalisque and black goldfish 靜物畫：宮女與黑金魚

Prints & Multiples

Tom Wesselmann 1931 - 2004 Claire Nude signed in pencil, dated and numbered 29/200 lithograph and screenprint in colours on wove paper image: 633 by 610 mm. 25 by 24 in. sheet: 787 by 760 mm. 31 by 29⅞ in. Executed in 1980, this impression is number 29 from the edition of 200 plus 25 artist's proofs, with the blindstamp of the publisher, Transworld Art.

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Seascape by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Tom+Wesselmann&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Wesselmann</a>, 1998.<ul><li>Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004).</li><li>Print on handmade paper.</li><li>Signed, dated, numbered recto in pencil along the lower margin.</li><li>Part of an edition of 50, 5 AP, 5 HC.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

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Hedy Sleeping, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=tom+wesselmann&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Wesselmann</a>, 1962-1990.<ul><li>Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004).</li><li>Laser-cut steel drawing multiple with alkyd oil in colors.</li><li>Hand signed.</li><li>Part of an edition of 6.</li><li>Co-published by the artist and David Janis Fine Art, New York.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> The subject for this work was conceived in 1962 and executed in 1990 alongside a small number of other compositions of steel-cut multiples.

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