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Selected Works368

Museum Acquisitions

Milwaukee Art Museum

Tate

Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton University Art Museum

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

MOCA Los Angeles

MCA Chicago

Yale University Art Gallery

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Kiasma

Williams College Museum of Art

Williams College Museum of Art

Williams College Museum of Art

Previous Sales 334

Tom Wesselmann, Blue Nude #17

Tom Wesselmann, Blue Nude #17, 2000

Study for "Bedroom Painting No. 11"

Study for "Bedroom Painting No. 11", 1968

Seascape Study, Tongue Out

Seascape Study, Tongue Out, 1964

£53,340 ($70k USD)

Maquette for Nude Tondo

Maquette for Nude Tondo, 1994

£43,180 ($57k USD)

Drawing for Tongue Out Stockinged Nude

Drawing for Tongue Out Stockinged Nude, 1966

£27,940 ($37k USD)

Sunset Nude (Big Scene)

Sunset Nude (Big Scene), 2002

Reclining Stockinged Nude

Reclining Stockinged Nude, 1982

Study for Great American Nude #54 17 1/4 x 23 in (43.8 x 58.4 cm) (Executed in 1963)

Study for Great American Nude #54 17 1/4 x 23 in (43.8 x 58.4 cm) (Executed in 1963)

Study for Sneakers & Purple Panties 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 in (76.5 x 101.9 cm) (Executed in 1981)

Study for Sneakers & Purple Panties 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 in (76.5 x 101.9 cm) (Executed in 1981)

Great American Nude #41

Great American Nude #41, 1962

Big Blonde, 1989

€143,987 ($144k USD)

Smoker #25, 1977

Great American Nude #82 (Proof)

Great American Nude #82 (Proof), 1966

Still Life #1, 1962

Curled Up Blue Nude

Curled Up Blue Nude, 2001

Drawing for Great American Nude #94 1/2

Drawing for Great American Nude #94 1/2, 1969

Study for Seascape #17

Study for Seascape #17, 1966

£151,200 ($200k USD)

Study for Bedroom Blonde Doodle

Study for Bedroom Blonde Doodle, 1984

€69,300 ($76k USD)

Study for Smoker #26

Study for Smoker #26, 1977

€138,600 ($152k USD)

Study for Smoker #26

Study for Smoker #26, 1977

Study for Smoker Profile, 1978

3-D Illuminated Drawing - Nude 1966 for Great American Nude #84

3-D Illuminated Drawing - Nude 1966 for Great American Nude #84, 1966

Study for Bedroom Painting #3

Study for Bedroom Painting #3, 1967

€233,100 ($256k USD)

Drawing for Big Brown Nude

Drawing for Big Brown Nude, 1970

€69,300 ($76k USD)

For Sale 6

Dep Art Gallery · Artsy

Mouth Fragment D7323

Mouth Fragment D7323, 1973

Price on request

Oil on shaped canvas mounted on a panel

David Benrimon Fine Art · Artsy

Monica Laying on Blanket (Black)

Monica Laying on Blanket (Black), 1988

Price on request

Enamel on Laser-Cut Steel

FTIgallery · 1stDibs

"Wildflower Bouquet" Laser Cut and Enamel Stainless Steel Drawing

"Wildflower Bouquet" Laser Cut and Enamel Stainless Steel Drawing, 1987

Laser Cut and Enamel Stainless Steel

Manabia Fine Arts · 1stDibs

Still Life with Blonde, 1999, Limited edition signed by Tom Wesselmann

Still Life with Blonde, 1999, Limited edition signed by Tom Wesselmann

Alpha 137 Gallery · 1stDibs

Tom Wesselmann - Deluxe Hand Signed Edition of 100, 1 Cent Life, Po Art, Framed

Tom Wesselmann - Deluxe Hand Signed Edition of 100, 1 Cent Life, Po Art, Framed

Gallery Art · 1stDibs

Blonde Vivienne (large hand signed screen print)

Blonde Vivienne (large hand signed screen print)

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Market4,704 auction results

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$3.5K – $3.3M

197 of 227 paintings lots with prices

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$483K

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$152K

197 priced paintings lots

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Mar 2026 · $57.0K

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Paintings: $152K medianWorks on paper: $35.6K medianSculpture/objects: $108K medianPhotographs: $26.3K medianEditioned prints: $8.9K medianUnclassified lots: $15.1K medianBooks/portfolios: $11.4K medianPosters/ephemera: $481 median

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PhillipsChristie'sSotheby'sBonhams

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Education2

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA

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Publications7

Monograph 4

Prestel · 2012

Rizzoli · 2008

Tom Wesselmann 1959-1993

Hatje Cantz · 1996

Rizzoli · 1995

Exhibition Catalog 1

Rizzoli · 2018

Survey 2

Lucy R. Lippard on Pop Art: Pocket Perspectives

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Thames & Hudson · 1967

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Current Exhibitions0

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Margulies Collection at the WAREhOuse - Miami, FL - Tourist Guide

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George Morrison painting highlights May 7, 2026 Heritage sale

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Exhibition | 'The Shape of Summer: From Boudin to Wesselmann' at Bailly Gallery, Bailly Gallery Paris, France

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The Nahmad family ordered to return a Nazi-looted Modigliani, valued at 21.5 million euros, to a French farmer

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the mayor gallery celebrating 100 years

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Past Exhibitions27

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#1 Gagosian

Seascapes, Still Lifes, and Nudes

Tom Wesselmann

22, Anapiron Polemou Street, Athina 115 21, Greece

Mar 17, 2026 — May 30, 2026

#8,293 Heather James Fine Art

Tom Wesselmann: Figure and Form

Tom Wesselmann

45188 Portola Avenue

Dec 1, 2025 — Mar 1, 2026

Norton Simon Museum

Look Alive! A Still Life Comparison

Jacques Linard, Tom Wesselmann

411 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA

Sep 27, 2024 — Jan 13, 2025

Jacques Linard, Tom Wesselmann — September 27, 2024 – January 13, 2025

Galeria Cortina

Essence of Pop: Wesselmann's Vision

Tom Wesselmann

Mar 7, 2024 — May 24, 2024

#1 Gagosian

Tom Wesselmann: Intimate Spaces

Tom Wesselmann

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

May 3, 2023 — Jun 16, 2023

#135 Cristea Roberts Gallery

Synthesis and Tension Tom Wesselmann’s Editions

Tom Wesselmann

Apr 29, 2022 — Jun 1, 2022

#1,841 Davidson Gallery

Tom Wesselmann Perfecting the Process - Extended through Nov. 2

521 W 26th St 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

Sep 12, 2019 — Oct 26, 2019

#1 Gagosian

Tom Wesselmann: Flowers, Park & 75, New York

Tom Wesselmann

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jun 14, 2019 — Aug 16, 2019

#1,126 David Benrimon Fine Art

Tom Wesselmann: Steelcuts

Tom Wesselmann

41 E 57th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10022, USA

May 2, 2019 — Jun 4, 2019

#8 Almine Rech

Tom Wesselmann

64 Rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris, France

Jan 30, 2019 — Mar 23, 2019

#1 Gagosian

Tom Wesselmann: Wesselmann: 1963–1983

Tom Wesselmann

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jul 12, 2018 — Aug 24, 2018

#1 Gagosian

Tom Wesselmann: Standing Still Lifes

Tom Wesselmann

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 18, 2018 — Feb 24, 2018

#467 galerie gmurzynska

Tom Wesselmann A Line to Greatness

Tom Wesselmann

595 Madison Ave 6 Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Aug 27, 2015 — Nov 25, 2015

#467 galerie gmurzynska

A Line to Greatness

Tom Wesselmann

595 Madison Ave 6 Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Feb 14, 2015 — Mar 15, 2015

Cincinnati Art Museum

Beyond Pop Art: A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective

Tom Wesselmann

953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA

Oct 31, 2014 — Jan 18, 2015

Tom Wesselmann — October 31, 2014 – January 18, 2015

#135 Cristea Roberts Gallery

Tom Wesselmann Still Life, Nude, Landscape: The Late Prints

Tom Wesselmann

Nov 14, 2013 — Dec 21, 2013

#1,841 Davidson Gallery

TOM WESSELMANN OBJECTS OF DESIRE

521 W 26th St 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

Nov 6, 2012 — Dec 22, 2012

#1,841 Davidson Gallery

TOM WESSELMANN PLASTIC WORKS

521 W 26th St 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

Apr 6, 2010 — Jun 12, 2010

#614 Galerie Mitterrand Temple

Tom Wesselmann

79 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France

Dec 1, 2008 — Jan 26, 2009

#1,841 Davidson Gallery

Tom Wesselmann Drop-Out

Tom Wesselmann

521 W 26th St 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

Nov 10, 2007 — Jan 12, 2008

#243 Mnuchin Gallery

Tom Wesselmann: The Sixties

Tom Wesselmann

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Feb 23, 2006 — Apr 15, 2006

#1,841 Davidson Gallery

Tom Wesselmann Drawing Retrospective

Tom Wesselmann

521 W 26th St 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA

Nov 1, 2005 — Dec 23, 2005

#697 Hamiltons

Tom Wesselmann

13 Carlos Pl, London W1K 2EU, United Kingdom

Jun 25, 2003 — Sep 6, 2003

The Greenberg Gallery

Tom Wesselman

230 S Bemiston Ave, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA

Sep 5, 1991 — Nov 2, 1991

#364 Galerie 1900-2000

Tom Wesselmann

8 Rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris, France

Mar 7, 1974 — Mar 31, 1974

#4,254 Galerie Pascal Lansberg

Tom WESSELMANN en 2012

Tom Wesselmann

13 Rue Mandar, 75002 Paris, France

Saatchi Gallery

FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE

Cristina Alcantara, Pedro Almodóvar, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nick Archer, Gillian Ayres, Jessica Backhaus, Mandy Barker, Brendan Barry, Susan Beech, Valérie Belin, Andy Bettles, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Blakemore, Jean Baptiste Bosschaert, Faye Bridgwater, Orlanda Broom, Olga Cafiero, Ann Carrington, Rob & Nick Carter, Miguel Chevalier, Philip Colbert, Lottie Cole, Stephanie Comilang, Sharon Core, Michael Craig-Martin, Reuben Dangoor, Lia Darjes, William Darrell, Tom de Houwer, Richard de Tscharner, Elspeth Diederix, Jim Dine, Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, Ron van Dongen, Xuebing Du, Elaine Duigenan, Pamela Ellis Hawkes, Ruud van Empel, Joanna Epstein, Mary Fedden, Robert Frank, Anne von Freyburg, Erwan Frotin, Adam Fuss, Matthieu Gafsou, Kate Gibb, Grace Gillespie, Sky Glabush, Daniel Gordon, Maro Gorky, Roberto Greco, Jo Grogan, Anna Halm Schudel, Joanna Ham, Rose Electra Harris, Dan Hays, George Henry, Realf Heygate, Damien Hirst, Aimée Hoving, Gary Hume, Florence Hutchings, Mila Ilingina, Yinka Ilori, Michelle Jung, Nadav Kander, Heath Kane, Sandra Kantanen, Neil Kellerhouse, Rob Kesseler, Nick Knight, Kior Ko, Jan Sebastian Koch, Irene Küng, Yayoi Kusama, Wole Lagunju, Caroline Larsen, Rebecca Louise Law, David Lebe, Laura Letinsky, Kathrin Linkersdorff, Brigitte Lustenberger, Mari Mahr, Martin Maloney, Ann Mandelbaum, Tony Matelli, Margaret Mellis, Sophie Mess, Ally McIntyre, Anastasija Michailova, Andrew Millar, Banita Mistry, Carmen Mitrotta, Abelardo Morell, William Morris, Alphonse Mucha, Vik Muniz, Galina Munroe, Takashi Murakami, Winifred Nicholson, Jesse Pollock, Janet Pulcho, Stormy Pyeatte, Marc Quinn, Dan Rawlings, Marcel Rickli, Catriona Robertson, Almudena Romero, Paul Rousteau, Andrew Salgado, Frederick Sander, Viviane Sassen, Thirza Schaap, Helene Schmitz, Martin Schoeller, Megan Seiter, Amy Shelton, Ann Shelton, David Shrigley, Niki Simpson, Chieska Smith, Leonard Soldier Iheagwam, Rudolf Steiner, Holly Stevenson, Florent Stosskopf, Daniel The Gardener, Rebecca Thomas, Mimei Thompson, Miriam Tölke, Robert Walker, Tim Walker, Tom Wesselmann, Vivienne Westwood, Jo Whaley, Jess Wilson, Emma Witter, Kasia Wozniak, Nadirah Zakariya, Christina Zimpel, Victoria Zschommler, Andrew Zuckerman, Irene Kung, Leonard 'Soldier' Iheagwam

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Art Fair Appearances23

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht

2026

Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong

2025

TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht

2025

Art Basel — Basel

2024

artmonte-carlo — Monaco

2024

The Armory Show — New York

2024

Art Basel — Basel

2022

EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago

2022

The Armory Show — New York

2022

The Armory Show — New York

2021

Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong

2020

The Armory Show — New York

2020

Art Basel — Basel

2019

EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago

2019

The Armory Show — New York

2019

Art Basel — Basel

2018

Seattle Art Fair — Seattle

2018

The Armory Show — New York

2018

Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach

2017

Frieze New York — New York

2017

Seattle Art Fair — Seattle

2017

EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago

2016

Seattle Art Fair — Seattle

2016

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FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE

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Tom WESSELMANN en 2012

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Apr 23, 2026

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Apr 19, 2026

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Mar 17, 2026

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Seascapes, Still Lifes, and Nudes

Mar 17, 2026

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