Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Lot 432 Property from the Collection of Marvin and Florence Gerstin

Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)

Drawing for Great American Nude #59

Closed13 November 2014

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USD 317,000

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Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Drawing for Great American Nude #59
signed and dated 'Wesselmann 65' (upper right)
graphite on paper
46 x 43 in. (116.8 x 109.2 cm.)
Drawn in 1965.

Green Gallery, New York
Henri Gallery, Alexandria
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"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