Auction 509 Part 1
Evening Sale
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Nov 29, 2023
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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LOT 33:
Werner Scholz
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Start price:
€
200,000
Estimated price :
€250,000 - €350,000
Buyer's Premium: 32%
VAT: 19% On commission only
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Tom Wesselmann: "Monica with Lichtenstein (Floral Wallpaper)"
WESSELMANN, TOM
1931 Cincinnati, OH/USA - 2004 New York
Title: "Monica with Lichtenstein (Floral Wallpaper)".
Date: 1988/90.
Technique: Enamel on aluminum cut-out.
Measurement: 130 x 192.5 x 0.5cm.
Notation: Signed and dated verso upper left: Wesselmann 90. Here also inscribed, signed, dated and titled: N84 TOM WESSELMANN 1988/90 MONICA WITH LICHTENSTEIN (FLORAL WALLPAPER). Below with details of the installation structure.
The work is accompanied by a photo certificate signed by the artist.
Provenance:
- Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne
- Galerie Vonderbank, Frankfurt a. M.
- Private collection Hessen (since 2000)
Exhibitions:
- Sidney Janis Gallery, New York 1992
Literature:
- Exhibit-cat. New Metal Paintings, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York 1992, n.p., without ill.
- Rare unique steel-cut with a very attractive motif in impressive size
- Wesselmann's steel cuts push the boundaries between drawing and sculpture and develop a strong spatial presence
- Wesselmann is considered an important representative of the New York Pop Art movement
- The depiction of self-confident women has become the artist's trademark
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