Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)

Monica and Matisse Interior with Phonograph (3-D)

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Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Monica and Matisse Interior with Phonograph (3-D)
signed and dated 'Wesselmann 88/93' (on the reverse)
oil on cut-out aluminum
71 x 47 x 4 in. (180.3 x 119.4 x 10.2 cm.)
Executed in 1988/1993. This work is unique.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Private collection, Palm Beach, 1993
By descent from the above to the present owner

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Lot Essay


“My original idea, that began the cut-outs, was to preserve the process and immediacy of my drawings from life, complete with the false lines and errors, and realize them in steel. It was as though the lines had been miraculously drawn in steel.”
Tom Wesselmann

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