Sale: 299 / Art of the 19th and 20th Century / Marine Art, March 31. 2006 Lot 1564

 
Tom Wesselmann - Monica Nude with Cézanne. HC-Exemplar 6/21


1564
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Nude with Cézanne. HC-Exemplar 6/21, 1993.
Silkscreen in colours
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,200
Sold:
€ 14,875 / $ 16,362

(incl. surcharge)

Monica Nude with Cézanne. 1993.
Silkscreen in colours.
Signed, numbered 6/21 and inscribed 'HC'. On cardboard. 78,5 : 128 cm (30,9 : 50,3 in). Sheet: 102,5 x 145,5 cm (40,4 x 57,3 in). Tom Wesselmann belongs to one of the imporant co-founders of the american pop art. Our silkscreen in colours 'Monica Nude with Cézanne' combines all essential elements of his artistic workings from earlier decades. Wesselmann assembles the stereotypical image of the nude, developed in his large-sized paintings 'Great American Nudes' and his interest for modern artists, in particular for Paul Cézanne. Like a reminiscene is Cézanne's still life painting translated in the decoratif language of the pop art.
This silksceen is a work after the so called '3-D metall work' from 1992, where Wesselmann transfers his drawings to cut-out aluminium and produces in this way the typical coloured outlines of these spacial objects and later graphics.

PROVENIENZ: Collection Paul Rothman, New York.

Published by International Images (with blindstamp). With blindstamp 'Screened Images'
In good condition. [BG]




1564
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Nude with Cézanne. HC-Exemplar 6/21, 1993.
Silkscreen in colours
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 13,200
Sold:
€ 14,875 / $ 16,362

(incl. surcharge)