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Tom Wesselmann
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Tom Wesselmann
- Study for Great American Nude #17
- signed and dated 61
- charcoal on paper
- 67 7/8 by 67 7/8 in. 172.2 by 172.2 cm.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Christie's, New York, February 20, 1988, lot 31
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Christie's, New York, February 20, 1988, lot 31
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet has yellowed slightly with age. There are small tears along the edges of the sheet. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method. Hinged verso to the matte. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"I didn't do nudes; I did Claire in the beginning, the early "Great American Nudes." It was my discovery of adult sex.... So when I became an artist and went through art school and went through all those changes I went through and the evolutionary things, I began to be an adult for the first time. And when I resumed sex, it was on a different plane, level, and Claire was a different woman, a different kind of woman. And my painting the nude, while I was just painting a nude, it was terribly important to me that it was Claire and it was my great excitement personally about her, about sex, about being an adult, about being in New York City, about being an artist -- about all these things. I was trying to put it into that one moment of doing." - Tom Wesselmann, 1984