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TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)

Lot 73
28.06.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 792281
Lot 73 | TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
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TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)

Smoker #21

signed and dated ‘Wesselmann 75’ (on the turnover edge); titled and dated again '1975 SMOKER #21' (on the stretcher bar)

oil on shaped canvas

73 x 67 1⁄2in. (185.4 x 171.5cm.)

Painted in 1975





Provenance

Estate of Tom Wesselmann.

Robert Miller Gallery, New York.

Private Collection, Japan (acquired from the above in 2006).

Private Collection, Japan (acquired from the above in 2012).

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s New York, 18 May 2017, lot 28.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

M. Scott, 'Big Dreamer: Wesselmann keeps moving forward', in The Vancouver Sun, January 2002 (illustrated, p. 29).



Exhibited

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New Paintings by Tom Wesselmann, 1976, no. 9.



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Post Lot Text

This work is included in the Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus published by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, and will be included in their forthcoming Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné.
Artist:Tom Wesselmann (1931 - 2004)
Art style:Post War Art
Auction house category:Paintings
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