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Tom Wesselmann

Open Ended Edition #109

Lot Closed

July 19, 04:08 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Tom Wesselmann

1931 - 2004

Open Ended Edition #109


signed Wesselmann, dated 80, and numbered #109 (lower left)

Liquitex and graphite on paperboard

3¾ by 9 in.

9.5 by 22.9 cm.

Executed in 1980.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's New York, 7 May 1992, Lot 314

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

“I don’t depict nudes from any sociological, cultural, or emotional intentions. My one intention is to always find new ways to make exciting paintings using the situation of the traditional nude.” — Tom Wesselmann