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Lot 429 Property from the Collection of Marvin and Florence Gerstin
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Study for Great American Nude #59
Closed13 November 2014
Price Realised
USD 68,750
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“Painting, sex, and humor are the most important things in my life."
Tom Wesselmann
"When I made the decision in 1959 that I was not going to be an abstract painter; that I was going to be a representational painter...I only got started by doing the opposite of everything I loved. And in choosing representational painting, I decided to do, as my subject matter, the history of art: I would do nudes, still-lifes, landscapes, interiors, portraits, etc..."
Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann
"When I made the decision in 1959 that I was not going to be an abstract painter; that I was going to be a representational painter...I only got started by doing the opposite of everything I loved. And in choosing representational painting, I decided to do, as my subject matter, the history of art: I would do nudes, still-lifes, landscapes, interiors, portraits, etc..."
Tom Wesselmann