Great American Nude #82 (Proof)

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TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Great American Nude #82 (Proof)
signed, titled, numbered and dated 'GAN # 82 (PROOF) EDITION OF 6 PLUS ONE PROOF-EACH DIFFERENT Wesselmann 1966' (on the reverse)
Liquitex gesso, acrylic and emulsion paint on shaped Novaply panel
53 ¾ x 76 ¾ in. (135.4 x 193.8 cm.)
Executed in 1966. This work is a unique variant from an edition of five plus one artist's proof.

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Leon Kraushar, New York
Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1969

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"In all of my dimensional work I use the third dimension to intensify the two-dimensional experience. It becomes part of a vivid two-dimensional image. The third dimension, while actually existing, is only an illusion in terms of the painting, which remains my intent in a painting and not a sculptural context." - Tom Wesselmann

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