Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2002)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges, including some minor hairline craquelure at the pull margins with some very minor and unobtrusive loss along the edges. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed under Plexiglas.
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“Wesselmann now became more interested in narrowing the context and isolating them. This led to what he viewed as an image concept rather than a painting concept, and inevitably he became less interested in maintaining the integrity of the painting and more interested in the integrity of the image. Rather than making the whole painting as physically intense as possible, it was more a question of making the image as intense as possible.”

Slim Stealingworth
Tom Wesselmann, New York 1980, p. 40