Wesselmann, Tom

(2/23/1931 Cincinnati- 12/17/2004 New York) (USA); aka pseudonym Stealingworth,

   Slim Painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Cooper Union School of art in New York. He became a major figure of the Pop Art movement, best known for images of nude females.

   Reproductions: Bedroom painting no. 9; 1969; oil; Neret 1993: p. 43 . Bedroom painting no. 18; 1969; Benedict, 1983: p. 11 [C]. Bedroom painting no. 20; oil; Smith, 1974: p. 178 [C]. Carol nude; 1977; oil; Smith, 1980: pp. 160-161 [C]. Great American nude \#82 (\#1); 1966; Davis, 1968: p. 50 . Great American nude \#82 (\#3); 1966; Davis, 1968: p. 51 [B]. Great American nude \#91; 1967; Neret 1993: p. 59 [C] / Lucie- Smith, 1972: p. 168 [B] / Bendict: p. 11 [C] / Kronhausen, 1968: p. 142 [B] / Davis, 1968: p. 55 [B]. Helen; 1966; watercolor; Lucie-Smith 1997: p. 177 [C]. Nude; 1966; Webb, 1975: p. 243 [B]. [Nude masturbating]; pencil; Smith, 1974: p. 179 [B]. Reclining nude; 1996-1997; screenprint; Olley, 2005: p. 89 [C]. Reclining nude no. 14; pencil and liquitex; Olley, 2005: pp. 90-91 [C]. Seascape; 1966; Gorsen, 1970: p. 1621 [B]. Seascape \#17 (two tits); oil; Lippard, 1967: p. 99 [B]. Seascape , number 381; Olley, 2005: p. 88 [C]. Shaved cunt; 1966; pencil; Neret 1993: p. 60 [B]. Smoker study; 1873; oil; Olley, 2005: p. 93 [C]. Study for Great American nude; 1066; pencil and liquitex; Tilly, 1986: p. 69 [C]. Study for Great American nude no. 87; acrylic; Smith, 1974: p. 178 [C]. Study for seascape \#18; 1969; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 141 [B]. [Woman masturbating]; pencil; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 141 [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 14: pp. 814-817; Paul Gardner, "Tom Wesselmann: 'I like to think that my work is about all kinds of pleasure,'" Art News 81, 1 (January 1982): pp. 67-72; Ann Landi, "Tom Wesselmann: L&M Arts and Robert Miller," ARTnews 105, 7 (Summer 2006): p. 176; G.R. Swenson, "Wesselmann: the honest nude," Art and Artists 1, 5 (May 1966): pp. 55-57; Tom Wesselmann, Tom Wesselmann: graphics 1964—77: a retrospective of work in edition form (Boston: ICA, 1978).