6 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 inches
Nude Collage (P702.10), 1970
6 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 3/8 inches
frame: 8 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches
Edition of 40 + 1 Artist Proof
signed, dated, titled and numbered in felt-tip pen on verso of oval shaped novaply panel
Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné Project
Tom Wesselmann Nude Collage, 1970, is registered under inventory number
P702.10in the Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné Project published by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute.
Literature
Slim Stealingworth,Tom Wesselmann, Abbeville Press,1980, another example reproduced in black & white, page 284
Museum Collection
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, another example
Additional Photos
Signature, Edition & Date verso
Detail
Tom Wesselmann Nude Collage, 1970 is a hand painted multiple gem from the Artist’s pivotal Great American Nude Series created from 1961-1973, for which Wesselmann gained International acclaim. Although Tom Wesselmann Nude Collage, 1970 is technically considered a multiple executed in an edition of 40 examples plus 1 AP, each example is unique, individually hand-painted and assembled in the Studio by Tom and Claire Wesselmann using a stencil created by Tom Wesselmann.
TOM WESSELMANN NUDE COLLAGE
Tom Wesselmann Nude Collage, 1970 is a hand painted multiple gem from the Artist’s pivotal Great American Nude Series created from 1961-1973, for which Wesselmann gained International acclaim. Although Tom Wesselmann Nude Collage, 1970 is technically considered a multiple executed in an edition of 40 examples plus 1 AP, each example is unique, individually hand-painted and assembled in the Studio by Tom and Claire Wesselmann using a stencil created by Tom Wesselmann.
To this point the unique example of Tom Wesselmann Nude Collage, 1970, offered by Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd. is markedly different in all aspects, including the hand applied acrylic paint, lenticular photographs and collage elements vs the example in the collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
For the record, the majority of Tom Wesselmann multiples created prior to 1975 did not employ screenprinting or lithography that Wesselmann’s Pop Art colleagues favored as Wesselmann preferred creating editions that employed unique elements. The condition of Nude Collage, 1970 offered by Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd. is extraordinary; the colors remarkably fresh and vibrant, the collage elements without the usual condition issues. Like the example in collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art, the acrylic paint is hand-painted, meticulously applied, lenticular photographs intact, not faded, fabric collage element not faded, lifting or damaged and the original oval shaped novaply panel not warped. We have encased Tom Wesselmann Nude Collage, 1970 in an optium-museum plexiglass box protecting it from the environment.
