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DESCRIPTION
Tom Wesselmann
Little Nude, 1966 (I.C.A. 6)
Paint on Molded Plexiglas
Incised with signature, date and edition number on verso
Published for inclusion in the portfolio 7 Objects in a Box; Artists in the Portfolio include: Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Dine, George Segal, Allan D’Arcangelo
Floated archival Optium Museum Acrylic® box frame created by Bark Frameworks, New York.
DIMENSIONS
multiple size: 7 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 1 inches.
frame size: 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.
EDITION
Edition of 75 + 24 AP’s + 1 Bon à by Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, Inc. (KMF)
Published by Tanglewood Press, Inc., New York
PROVENANCE
Tanglewood Press, Inc., New York
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above
CONDITION
In superb condition, colors unusually fresh and vibrant. For archival purposes, this highly desirable and fragile Tom Wesselmann multiple is floated in an archival Optium Museum Acrylic® box frame created by Bark Frameworks, New York, the same framer used by The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON
View side-by-side comparison above of a museum-quality impression of Tom Wesselmann Little Nude, 1966 (I.C.A. 6) offered in this listing versus a compromised example. The comparison clearly demonstrates the advantage of a museum-quality impression over examples that are significantly attenuated. For reference, the majority of Little Nude multiples are typically faded, discolored, or degraded due to the fragile nature of molded Plexiglas.
LITERATURE
Tom Wesselmann, Slim Stealingworth, Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 28, another example reproduced.
The Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus, ref. TWQLQX, registration no. P661; another example reproduced. The catalogue raisonné documentation is maintained by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute as part of the official digital corpus of the artist’s work.
SELECT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, another example
de Young / Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA, another example
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, another example
ABOUT
Best known for his Pop Art series of Great American Nudes depicting faceless female figures, Tom Wesselmann worked across painting, drawing, collage, and sculptural forms incorporating molded plastic.This Tom WesselmannLittle Nude, 1966, is a miniature version of the Artist\'s shaped canvases originally created for the Portfolio 7 Objects in a Box, published by Tanglewood Press, Inc.
DISPATCH
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