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Tom Wesselmann

Nude for the Peace Tower

Live auction begins on:

February 25, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Bid

180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Tom Wesselmann

1931 - 2004


Nude for the Peace Tower

incised with the artist's initial, date 66 and inscription FOR USE ON THE PROTEST TOWER ONLY (lower left); signed (on the reverse)

painted Plexiglas

24 by 24 in.

61 by 61 cm.

Executed in 1966.

Artists' Protest Committee, Los Angeles (donated by the artist in 1966)

Peace Action Council Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, May 1967

Private Collection, Pennsylvania (acquired at the above sale)

Sotheby's New York, 19 October 1979, lot 113 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Florida (acquired at the above sale)

Sotheby's New York, 5 March 2015, lot 36 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Los Angeles, Artists' Tower of Peace, February - May 1966