Lot 270
  • 270

Tom Wesselmann

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Tom Wesselmann
  • Smoker Sculpture Edition
  • signed, dated 81 and numbered 5/15 on the reverse
  • enamel on aluminum
  • 11 1/2 by 31 3/4 by 13 3/4 in. 29.2 by 80.6 by 34.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1981, this work is number 5 from an edition of 15 plus 3 artist's proofs and 2 unnumbered versions.

Provenance

Private Collection, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are some light and scattered surface scratches to the aluminum. The sculpture is encased in a Plexiglas box.
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