Material Collage, oil on aluminium
Dimensions 203.2 x 193 x 25.4 cm (80 x 76 x 10 in)
Status Vetted

About the Work

In Tom Wesselmann's Bedroom collages, the female body is fragmented and portrayed in association with other objects. The erotic innuendo of the work precludes a formalized staging, which defines a leitmotif in Wesselmann's oeuvre.


''My work was always too formal, too composed, as if the erotic could take such overriding importance. But particularly at the beginning it was a part of my work and belonged originally to it as well, like the abstract expressionist brushwork: that was how it was. Since the latter was out of the question - I had ended that - I needed to find a new tool to give the painting, the 'picture', dynamism. And along the way - the abstract expressionist paintings continued to develop, their shapes exploded formally from the canvas and forced your perception on your eye - the erotic was a means of achieving this."


The work is signed, dated "2004", titled and comes with installation instructions on the verso.


Exhibited: Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, "Tom Wesslemann", Rome 2005.

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Provenance

The artist’s studio; Private Collection Houston, Texas, USA (directly from the artist 2004-2024)

Literature

Mondadori Electa (ed.), "Tom Wesselmann", exh.cat., Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome 2005, p. 290

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