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Tom Wesselmann

Tom Wesselmann

1931–2004

WA-00000239

PaintingPost-ImpressionismPop Art

Representation

None documented

29

Institutional Exhibitions

50

Works in Collection

141

Assets Indexed

21

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ703660

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Tom Wesselmann

Gagosian

2026

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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Contemporary Works from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Printed Art: A View of Two Decades

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Views over America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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American Drawn and Matched

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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New Art for the New Year

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977–1978

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Posters in the Penthouse

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

Field Verification (7 fields)

6 cross-verified · 1 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Artsy+2· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Duplicate Merge+1· 88%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%

Source Registry (7)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.mariangoodman.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/tom-wesselmann
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/tom-wesselmann
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/tom-wesselmann
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/tom-wesselmann
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6318
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Tom Wesselmann was an American painter and sculptor associated with the pop art movement who combined commercial imagery, collage, and found materials into large-scale compositions that challenged the boundary between fine art and consumer culture. Working primarily in painting and mixed media, he created bold, sensuous works incorporating photographs, printed advertisements, and three-dimensional objects that referenced American mass production and domestic spaces. His work was exhibited at MoMA throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Represented by Marian Goodman, Wesselmann developed a practice that synthesized abstraction with the visual language of everyday commercial life.

Source: Marian Goodman · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (50)

Dinner at The Museum of Modern Art

Dinner at The Museum of Modern Art

2000 · Oil on cut-out aluminum

8′ 10′′ x 9′ 10′′ x 12 1/8′′ (250.2 × 299.7 × 30.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mylar Study for Dinner at the Museum of Modern Art

Mylar Study for Dinner at the Museum of Modern Art

1999 · Acrylic on mylar, cut-and-taped on paper

6 1/4 × 8 1/2" (15.9 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monica Nude with Matisse

Monica Nude with Matisse

1990 · Etching and aquatint with embossing

plate: 29 × 48" (73.7 × 121.9 cm); sheet: 38 × 60" (96.5 × 152.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seascape Dropout

Seascape Dropout

1982 · Woodcut on paper

image: 556 x 635 mm

Seascape Dropout

1982 · woodcut

Cleveland Museum of Art

$Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio, \Untitled from\ Bedroom Portfolio$

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio, \Untitled from\ Bedroom Portfolio

1978 · One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions

composition: 5 13/16 × 7 5/16" (14.7 × 18.6 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

1978 · One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions

composition: 6 1/4 × 6 5/8" (15.8 × 16.9 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bedroom Portfolio

1978 · Portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acyrlic additions

composition (each approx.): 6 1/2 × 6 13/16" (16.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet (each approx.): 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

1978 · One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions

composition: 6 1/16 × 6 13/16" (15.4 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

1978 · One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions

composition (irreg.): 6 9/16 × 6 13/16" (16.7 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio

1978 · One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions

composition: 6 1/16 × 6 5/8" (15.4 × 16.8 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Shiny Nude from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio

Shiny Nude from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio

1977 · One from a portfolio of thirteen rubber stamps

composition (irreg.): 5 7/8 x 5 11/16" (14.9 x 14.5 cm); sheet: 8 x 8" (20.3 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rubber Stamp Portfolio: Shiny Nude

1977 · rubber stamp

Sheet: 20.3 x 20.3 cm (8 x 8 in.); Image: 14.9 x 14.5 cm (5 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Smoker (Lithograph)

Smoker (Lithograph)

1976 · Lithograph and embossing

composition (irreg.): 14 5/8 × 23" (37.2 × 58.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/4 × 30 3/16" (57.8 × 76.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Still Life, 61

Study for Still Life, 61

1975 · Acrylic and pencil on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.9 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life #57

1969 · Oil on canvas and base of acrylic paint on carpet, in six sections

Overall 10' 3 1/8" x 16' 2 7/8" x 6' (312.5 x 495 x 182.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nude (For Sedfre)

Nude (For Sedfre)

1969 · Screenprint

composition: 16 15/16 x 23" (43 x 58.4 cm); sheet: 23 1/16 x 29 1/16" (58.5 x 73.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seascape (Foot) from the portfolio Edition 68

Seascape (Foot) from the portfolio Edition 68

1968 · Screenprint

composition: 18 1/16 x 18" (45.8 x 45.7 cm); sheet: 24 x 23 9/16" (60.9 x 59.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Smoker, 4 (Mouth, 18)

Study for Smoker, 4 (Mouth, 18)

1968 · Pencil on paper

12 1/4 x 12 1/4" (31.3 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Bedroom Painting #25

Study for Bedroom Painting #25

1967 · Pencil and acrylic on paper

5 1/2 x 6 3/4" (14 x 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Marilyn's Mouth

Study for Marilyn's Mouth

1967 · Oil on canvas

9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Smoker, 1 (Mouth, 12)

Smoker, 1 (Mouth, 12)

1967 · Oil on canvas, in two parts

Overall 9' 7/8" x 7' 1" (276.6 x 216 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Seascape (Tit) from Graphik USA

Seascape (Tit) from Graphik USA

1967 · One from a portfolio of eight screenprints

composition: 18 1/8 × 17 15/16" (46 × 45.5 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 23 5/8" (75.1 × 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 3) from Stamped Indelibly

Plate (folio 3) from Stamped Indelibly

1967 · One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps

composition (irreg.): 3 7/16 × 4 3/16" (8.8 × 10.6 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

50 published of 86 catalogued · 73 with image

MoMA
36 publishedof 72 catalogued66 img
Art Institute Chicago
6 published6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
The Met
1 published
Whitney
1 published
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

11 Pop Artists, Vol. II: Nude
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
New York Ten: Still Life
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Cut Out Nude
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seascape Dropout
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Rubber Stamp Portfolio: Shiny Nude
1977 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seascape Dropout
1982 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

17 assets

Artsy artwork: Tom Wesselmann Ileana Sonnabend, Paris 1966 (1966)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Tom Wesselmann SEASCAPE (ROUND) Lithograph (1993)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Tom Wesselmann (Hand Signed and Warmly Inscribed by Tom Wesselmann) (1980)

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Artsy artwork: Tom Wesselmann untitled Nude Girl, (Tom Wesselmann One Cent Life) (1964)

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Artsy artwork: Tom Wesselmann Sculpture (1972)

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Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Drawing for Still Life #12 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing for Still Life #12 (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

33

Peers & Context16

Leonora Carringtonco-exhibited John Currinco-exhibited Salvador Dalíco-exhibited Max Ernstco-exhibited Urs Fischerco-exhibited Lucio Fontanaco-exhibited

Movements2

Post-Impressionism Pop Art

Collections15

Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Julien's Auctions

Freeman's|Hindman

Heritage Auctions

Background

Education

Cooper Union

Visual Arts

University of Cincinnati

Visual Arts

Hiram College

Visual Arts

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Related Artists

Leonora Carrington

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Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Phillips	Sep 2025	£12,000 – £18,000	Unsold