Aꦡrt Without Boundaries: The Abrams Faಞmily Collection
Tom Wesselmann
Great American Nude #75
Auction Closed
September 27, 03:01 PM GMT
Estimate
450,000 - 650,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Art Without Boundaries: The Abrams Familౠy Collection
Tom Wesselmann
1931 - 2004
Great American Nude #75
paint on illuminated molded plastic
48 by 54 by 7 in.
121.9 by 137.2 by 17.8 cm.
Executed in 1965,ജ this work is 1 of 6 unique variants.
This work will be included in the Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné Project published by the Wil𝓀denste🎃in Plattner Institute.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Harry N. Abrams, New York (acquired▨ from the▨ above in February 1966)
Acqui✱red by descent from the above 🌃by the present owner
Anon., "An art book publisher as collector," Women's Wear Daily, 12 August 1975, p. 24, illustrated
Sandra Furlotti Reberschak, "I Grandi Colezionisti: A Katonah e a New York, le case e l'ufficio di Harry Abrams: I mille e uno quadri di un grande editore d'arte," Bolaffi Arte, nꦫ. 67, anno VIII, February - March 1977, p. 43, illustrated in color
Slim Stealingworth, Tom Wesselmann, Abbeville Press, Inc., New York 1980, p. 47, 🌌illustrated
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Pop & Op, December 1965
Paris, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Electricity, May 1966 (another variant exhibited)
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes; Salamanca, DA2 Domus Atrium 2000; A Coruña, Kiosco Alfonso; New York, QCC Art Gallery, Queensborough Community College, An American Odyssey 1945/1980 [Debating Modernism], April 2004 - January 2005, n.p., illustrated in color (titled Nude #75)
Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Tom Wesselmann, June - September 2005, p. 85, il🌞lu♈strated in color
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for The New, December 2013 - April 2014 (another variant exhibited), pp. 60, 62 (text reference to Great American Nude #75 variants)