Tom Wesselmann 1931-2004
Bedroom Blonde Doodle with Photo, 1988
Screenprint in colours on Museum board
Signed and dated in pencil
Sheet: 147 x 171.5 cm; 57 7/8 x 67 1/2 in
Image: 117 x 133 cm; 46 x 52 3/8 in
Framing: 149 x 172 x 4.5 cm; 58 5/8 x 67 3/4 x 1 3/4 in
Image: 117 x 133 cm; 46 x 52 3/8 in
Framing: 149 x 172 x 4.5 cm; 58 5/8 x 67 3/4 x 1 3/4 in
Numbered from the edition of 100. Printed by Screened Images, Port Washington, New York (with the blindstamp). Published by International Images, Putney, Vermont.
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Tom Wesselmann’s 'Bedroom Blonde Doodle with Photo' occupies a pivotal place within the artist’s sustained investigation of the nude and the domestic interior. Emerging from his celebrated Bedroom Paintings, this...
Tom Wesselmann’s 'Bedroom Blonde Doodle with Photo' occupies a pivotal place within the artist’s sustained investigation of the nude and the domestic interior. Emerging from his celebrated Bedroom Paintings, this work demonstrates Wesselmann’s capacity to reduce the figure to fluid, economical lines while retaining an unmistakable sensual presence. The “doodle” quality emphasizes immediacy and gesture, revealing the artist’s interest in distilling form to its most essential contours. At the same time, the focus on the reclining female subject situates the piece within Wesselmann’s lifelong dialogue with the tradition of the nude, from Matisse to Ingres, yet reimagined through the lens of Pop Art. The work’s importance lies in its ability to merge classical subject matter with an irreverent, graphic vocabulary, underscoring Wesselmann’s central contribution to post-war American art, the reinvention of the nude as a contemporary and popular image.