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Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Monica Nude with Matisse
signée au crayon, numérotée et annotée 'Wesselmann HC 4/12' (en bas à droite)
eau-forte et aquatinte avec embossage sur papier vélin
plaque: 73.7 x 121.9 cm.
feuille: 96.5 x 151.2 cm.
Réalisée en 1990, publiée par International Images, Inc., Putney, Vermont et imprimée par Branstead Studio, New York, toutes marges, cette œuvre est l'impression hors commerce numéro quatre d'une édition de soixante-quinze exemplaires et douze exemplaires hors commerce.

signed in pencil, numbered and inscribed 'Wesselmann HC 4/12' (lower right)
etching and aquatint with embossing on wove paper
plate: 29 x 48 in.
sheet: 38 x 591⁄2 in.
Executed in 1990, published by International Images, Inc., Putney, Vermont and printed by Branstead Studio, New York, with full margins, this work is the hors commerce proof number four from an edition of twenty-five and twelve hors commerce proofs.
Provenance
Galerie Mitterrand, Paris
Collection privée, France (acquis auprès de celle-ci en 2007)
Don de celle-ci au propriétaire actuel en 2009
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