Smoker Study #24

Details

TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Smoker Study #24
signed, titled and dated 'Smoker Study #24 Wesselmann 67' (lower edge)
oil and graphite on canvas
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 1967.

Provenance

Locksley Shea Gallery, Minneapolis
Private collection, Minneapolis, circa 1970s
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus, digital, ongoing (illustrated).

Further Details

Please note that this work is included in the Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus published by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, and will be included in their forthcoming Tom Wesselmann Digital Catalogue Raisonné.

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Isabella Lauria Vice President, Senior Specialist, Head of 21st Century Evening Sale

ILauria@christies.com +1 347 803 0224

Lot Essay

...the smoker's eroticism...is an accidental by-product because I didn't do them to be erotic. I did them because I was intrigued with smoke and coming in close on the mouth. I didn't start the mouth paintings to be erotic. I started them to be just a mouth, that's all.
—Tom Wesselmann

Smoker Study #24

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

More from Post-War to Present