Tom Wesselmann - Paint Study for Great American Nude #82
Tom Wesselmann
Paint Study for Great American Nude #82
1967
Gripflex and pencil on card. 31.3 x 50.4 cm. Signed and dated 'Wesselmann 67'. - Traces of studio and minor traces of age.
Paint Study for Great American Nude #82 is a study for the series of large format plexiglass works of the same name (Great American Nude #82) which were executed in five different colour variations in 1966. Wesselmann used gripflex colour for the study, as he also did with his versions on plexiglass. Originally, this colour was produced for use on plastic advertising signs.
Catalogue Raisonné
The present work is registered in the studio of Tom Wesselmann, New York.
Certificate
We would like to thank Brian Kenny, Tom Wesselmann Studio, New York, for helpful information.
Provenance
Private collection, North Germany