The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction

The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction

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Property from a Notable European Collection

Tom Wesselmann

Smoker #25

Live auction begins on:

May 15, 11:30 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Notable European Collection

Tom Wesselmann

1931 - 2004


Smoker #25

signed and dated 77 (on the overlap); titled twice and dated 1977 (on the stretcher)

oil on shaped canvas 

59 ½ by 95 ½ in.

151.5 by 243 cm. 

Executed in 1977.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Shaindy Fenton, Fort Worth (acquired from the above in December 1980)

Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva

Acquired from the above from the present owner

Slim Stealingworth, Tom Wesselmann, New York 1980, pp. 49, 52 (text)