Live Auction 16978Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Lot 654

Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)

Smoker Study

Closed16 May 2019

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USD 435,000

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Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Smoker Study
signed and dated 'Wesselmann 72' (on the overlap)
oil and graphite on canvas
10 ½ x 11 in. (26.7 x 27.9 cm.)
Painted in 1972.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private collection, California, 1998
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 November 2016, lot 281
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

"A major addition to his imagery occurred in 1973. Wesselmann had considered the Smoker series finished when he suddenly thought to include the hand. This greatly enhanced the complexity of the image and renewed his excitement" (S. Stealingworth quoted in Tom Wesselmann, New York, 1980, p. 66).