Tom Wesselmann ART FOR SALE

1931 Cincinnati, Ohio - 2004 New York City. Known for: Painting-pop nude figure, mod real images, collage.

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Known for his Pop-Art* nude figures--the Great American Nude Series--as well as collages, often with food themes, Tom Wesselmann is a Cincinnati born artist who studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and at Cooper Union* in New York City in the late 1950s. When he was a student at Cooper Union, he was much influenced by Abstract Expressionism*, especially painters Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. However, he turned away from that style because he determined these artists had become so introspective that there was little room for creative exploration by others. His reaction took him to Pop Art, the other extreme of action painting to a tightly controlled style and subject matter that was mundane--the antithesis of psychological... Read full biography

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Study for Red Head Nude

Type:Drawing

Year:1978

Size:3.25" x 4.50"

Medium:Colored Pencil

Signed:Lower Left

Notes:

Tom Wesselmann Estate archives D7820 ... Mixed Media - Color pencil & ballpoint pen. . . Provenance: Ehrlich Gallery, New York, New York; Private Collection, Washington, DC (acquired from the above, 1979); Thence by descent.. SIZE NOTES: Sheet: 4.5 x 5.88 inches. Frame: 11.4 x 14.3 inches

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Monica Lying on Blanket

Type:Sculpture

Year:1988

Size:20.00" x 40.00"

Medium:Steel

Signed:Unsigned

Notes:

Enamel on laser cut steel.

Price: Please contact Surovek Gallery