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Still Life with Fruit, Petunias and Claire
Details
TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Still Life with Fruit, Petunias and Claire
signed twice, titled and dated twice 'WESSELMANN 1986, STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT, PETUNIAS AND CLAIRE Wesselmann 86' (on the reverse)
enamel on cut-out aluminum
79 ½ x 87 ½ in. (201.9 x 222.2 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Still Life with Fruit, Petunias and Claire
signed twice, titled and dated twice 'WESSELMANN 1986, STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT, PETUNIAS AND CLAIRE Wesselmann 86' (on the reverse)
enamel on cut-out aluminum
79 ½ x 87 ½ in. (201.9 x 222.2 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1999, lot 299
Private collection, Athens
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 10 May 2006, lot 267
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Galerie Tokoro, Tokyo
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 1999, lot 299
Private collection, Athens
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 10 May 2006, lot 267
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
S. Hunter, Tom Wesselmann, New York, 1994, p. 35 (illustrated).
J. Wilmerding, Tom Wesselmann: His Voice and Vision, New York, 2008, pp. 186 and 193 (illustrated).
J. Wilmerding, Tom Wesselmann: His Voice and Vision, New York, 2008, pp. 186 and 193 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Cut-Out Metal Paintings by Tom Wesselmann, April-May 1987, n.p., no. 2 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Galerie Tokoro, Wesselmann: Recent Works, May-June 1998, n.p., no. 3 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Galerie Tokoro, Tom Wesselmann: Recent Still Lifes and Landscapes, October-November 1991, n.p., no. 4 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Galerie Tokoro, Wesselmann: Recent Works, May-June 1998, n.p., no. 3 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Galerie Tokoro, Tom Wesselmann: Recent Still Lifes and Landscapes, October-November 1991, n.p., no. 4 (illustrated).
Further details
This work is included in the Tom Wesselmen Digital Catalogue Raisonné Project published by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute under number number TWL6HY.
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