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Tom Wesselmann — Study for Great American Nude #90
Tom Wesselmann

Study for Great American Nude #90

Tom Wesselmann's *Study for Great American Nude #90* is a bold exploration of the female form rendered in the artist's signature Pop Art style, employing flat, graphic planes of vivid color that reduce the nude figure to a series of simplified, iconic shapes. The work draws on the visual language of advertising and mass media, contrasting the sensuality of the subject with a cool, almost clinical detachment. Wesselmann's deliberate elimination of facial features further transforms the figure into an abstracted symbol, commenting on idealized notions of femininity in postwar American culture.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2013

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Tom Wesselmann, Study for Great American Nude #90

Tom Wesselmann's *Study for Great American Nude #90* is a bold exploration of the female form rendered in the artist's signature Pop Art style, employing flat, graphic planes of vivid color that reduce the nude figure to a series of simplified, iconic shapes. The work draws on the visual language of advertising and mass media, contrasting the sensuality of the subject with a cool, almost clinical detachment. Wesselmann's deliberate elimination of facial features further transforms the figure into an abstracted symbol, commenting on idealized notions of femininity in postwar American culture.

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20th Century, Bold, Erotic Art, Bold Colors, Figure, Male Artist, American, Study, Female Form, Female Nude, American Artist, Pop Art, Nude, Figure Painting, American Culture, Established Artist, Colorful, Warm Tones, Preparatory Study, Contemporary

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John McNally