Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) - Nude (for sedfre)
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Description from the seller
Technique: Screen printing
Support: Strathmore paper
Numbering: 42/100
Signature: Hand-signed 'Wesselmann 69'
Sheet dimensions: 59×74 cm
Framing: museum glass and gold moulding
Condition : Very good condition
Authentication: Artwork sold with certificate of authenticity. Published and printed by Chiron Press, New York.
Information about the work:
Tom Wesselmann occupies a singular place in the pantheon of great American artists not so much for radicalism or theory, but because he has managed to crystallize with rare acuity the ambiguity of modern desire. He is often labeled “Pop Art,” but in truth his work exceeds this classification. What he accomplishes is not merely a reprise of advertising codes or a homage to consumption; it is a plastic staging of the American fantasy, in all its tension between eroticism, abstraction, and emptiness.
Nudes, cut up, fragmented, exalted, they do not amount to a simple praise of the female body; they reveal surface as obsession, the fragment as absolute, the plane as the limit of the real. The full lips, the erect nipples, the legs crossed are never fully incarnated: they float in a suspended space, reduced to the purity of a violent chromaticism or to the blank whiteness of the support. Wesselmann paints desire not as reality, but as icon. It is no longer the man who desires the woman; it is the form itself that becomes desirous. And in this, he extends, but radicalizes, Matisse’s intuition: that pure form, by its very intensity, can become a sensual experience.
By rejecting expressionism, and also by rejecting overly harsh criticism, he places himself in a rare lineage: that of aesthetic ambiguity, beauty as a trap, light as a lure. That is why he is one of the few who could, without contradiction, have the pleasure of looking, the plastic beauty, and a form of lucidity about the very limits of that beauty coexist.
In a word: Wesselmann paints the surface as a truth, not to denounce its superficiality, but to explore its erotic, psychological, and aesthetic power. He is not a moralist. He is an anatomist of the American gaze, of its impulses, its reflections, its hollows. In this, he is perhaps one of the most lucid, and most visually vertiginous, artists of 20th-century American art.
Seller's Story
Galerie Dobkine is a contemporary signature in the secondary art market.
Located with two spaces in the heart of the historic district of Paris, we offer a selective range of works by French and international artists, chosen for the relevance of their approach and the strength of their market value. The gallery advocates a cross-disciplinary vision of taste, blending aesthetic rigor, market intelligence, and curatorial intuition.
Through a detailed understanding of the challenges of the secondary market, we support seasoned collectors, enlightened amateurs, or young buyers in building their collections, combining rigor, attentive listening, and a sense of advice.
Each of our works is carefully selected and meticulously verified to guarantee quality and authenticity.
Selling is above all a commitment; it is the promise of a work of art that lives up to your expectations.
More than sales, we want to build a trusting relationship with our clients.
We consider that satisfying you is the only way to continue existing.
Translated by Google TranslateTechnique: Screen printing
Support: Strathmore paper
Numbering: 42/100
Signature: Hand-signed 'Wesselmann 69'
Sheet dimensions: 59×74 cm
Framing: museum glass and gold moulding
Condition : Very good condition
Authentication: Artwork sold with certificate of authenticity. Published and printed by Chiron Press, New York.
Information about the work:
Tom Wesselmann occupies a singular place in the pantheon of great American artists not so much for radicalism or theory, but because he has managed to crystallize with rare acuity the ambiguity of modern desire. He is often labeled “Pop Art,” but in truth his work exceeds this classification. What he accomplishes is not merely a reprise of advertising codes or a homage to consumption; it is a plastic staging of the American fantasy, in all its tension between eroticism, abstraction, and emptiness.
Nudes, cut up, fragmented, exalted, they do not amount to a simple praise of the female body; they reveal surface as obsession, the fragment as absolute, the plane as the limit of the real. The full lips, the erect nipples, the legs crossed are never fully incarnated: they float in a suspended space, reduced to the purity of a violent chromaticism or to the blank whiteness of the support. Wesselmann paints desire not as reality, but as icon. It is no longer the man who desires the woman; it is the form itself that becomes desirous. And in this, he extends, but radicalizes, Matisse’s intuition: that pure form, by its very intensity, can become a sensual experience.
By rejecting expressionism, and also by rejecting overly harsh criticism, he places himself in a rare lineage: that of aesthetic ambiguity, beauty as a trap, light as a lure. That is why he is one of the few who could, without contradiction, have the pleasure of looking, the plastic beauty, and a form of lucidity about the very limits of that beauty coexist.
In a word: Wesselmann paints the surface as a truth, not to denounce its superficiality, but to explore its erotic, psychological, and aesthetic power. He is not a moralist. He is an anatomist of the American gaze, of its impulses, its reflections, its hollows. In this, he is perhaps one of the most lucid, and most visually vertiginous, artists of 20th-century American art.
Seller's Story
Galerie Dobkine is a contemporary signature in the secondary art market.
Located with two spaces in the heart of the historic district of Paris, we offer a selective range of works by French and international artists, chosen for the relevance of their approach and the strength of their market value. The gallery advocates a cross-disciplinary vision of taste, blending aesthetic rigor, market intelligence, and curatorial intuition.
Through a detailed understanding of the challenges of the secondary market, we support seasoned collectors, enlightened amateurs, or young buyers in building their collections, combining rigor, attentive listening, and a sense of advice.
Each of our works is carefully selected and meticulously verified to guarantee quality and authenticity.
Selling is above all a commitment; it is the promise of a work of art that lives up to your expectations.
More than sales, we want to build a trusting relationship with our clients.
We consider that satisfying you is the only way to continue existing.
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Artist
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
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Gallery
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
42/100
Title of artwork
Nude (for sedfre)
Technique
Silkscreen
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
United States
Year
1969
Condition
Good condition
Height
59 cm
Width
74 cm
Depiction/Theme
Pop Culture
Style
Pop Art
Period
1960-1970
Sold with frame
Yes
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