Live Auction 21611Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Lot 225 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)

Drawing for Great American Nude #78

Closed1 March 2023

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GBP 134,820

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TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Drawing for Great American Nude #78
signed ‘Wesselmann’ (lower left); signed, titled, inscribed and dated ‘DRAWING FOR GREAT AMERICAN NUDE #78 1966 + 77 pencil + thinned Liquitex on 100% ragboard (pencil 1966 Liquitex 1977) WESSELMANN’ (on the reverse)
liquitex and graphite on ragboard
7 7/8 x 9 1/2in. (20 x 24.2cm.)
Executed in 1966-1977

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in 1978).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 13 November 2003, lot 273.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.