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Tom Wesselmann — Study for Bedroom Painting #2
Tom Wesselmann

Study for Bedroom Painting #2

A bold and intimate composition by Tom Wesselmann, this oil on canvas offers a cropped, close-up view of a domestic bedroom scene rendered in the artist's signature Pop Art style. Wesselmann employs his characteristic flat, vivid colors and simplified forms to transform an everyday interior into a charged and sensual image. The work exemplifies his ongoing exploration of the female figure and the American domestic environment as subjects of both desire and cultural commentary.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2013

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Tom Wesselmann, Study for Bedroom Painting #2

A bold and intimate composition by Tom Wesselmann, this oil on canvas offers a cropped, close-up view of a domestic bedroom scene rendered in the artist's signature Pop Art style. Wesselmann employs his characteristic flat, vivid colors and simplified forms to transform an everyday interior into a charged and sensual image. The work exemplifies his ongoing exploration of the female figure and the American domestic environment as subjects of both desire and cultural commentary.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Interior Scene, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Preliminary Study, Bedroom Subject, American Artist, Intimate Mood, Pop Art, Figurative, Oil on Canvas

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John McNally