ID 921066
Lot 185 | TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
Drawing for Embossed Nude
signed with the artist's initial, inscribed and dated 'W. ca 68 smaller stars shorter flowers' (lower right)
graphite on paper
8 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (22.2 x 24.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1968.
Provenance
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York
Private collection
Anon. sale; Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 13 April 2010, lot 46
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 2015, lot 232
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
D. Cohen, "The Joy of Coyness," The New York Sun, 12 July 2007, p. 22.
Exhibited
New York, Mireille Mosler, Ltd., Tease, June-July 2007.
Post lot text
Please note that this work will be 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) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Artist: | Tom Wesselmann (1931 - 2004) |
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Art style: | Post War Art |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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