Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Lot 429 Property from the Collection of Marvin and Florence Gerstin

Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)

Study for Great American Nude #59

Closed13 November 2014

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USD 68,750

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Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Study for Great American Nude #59
signed and dated 'Wesselmann 65' (upper left)
graphite and thinned liquitex on paper
13 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (33.3 x 30.7 cm.)
Executed in 1965.

Henri Gallery, Alexandria
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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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