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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 8, 2010 | Christie's | New York | The Year of the Rabbit: The Playboy Collection | 19 | $****** - ****** | Mouth #8 |
paintings
190.5 x 246.4 cm (75 x 97.01 in)
oil and liquitex on linen
signed 'Wesselmann' (upper center); signed again and dated 'Wesselmann 1966' (on the stretcher)
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Minneapolis, Dayton's Gallery 12; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and Lincoln, De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Tom Wesselmann, June-July 1968. Milan, Rotunda della Besana; London, Royal College of Art; Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten; Arnham, Gemeentemuseum; Düsseldorf, Künstlerverein Malkasten; Aachen, Neue Galerie Im Alten Kurhaus; Munich, Kunstverein; Lausanne, Musée des Arts Décoratifs; Tokyo, Central Museum of Art; Osaka, Umeda Kindai Museum; Fukuoka, Bunda Kaikan; Coral Gables, University of Miami, Lowe Museum of Art; Tallahassee, Florida State University; Baltimore, Morgan State College, Murphy Fine Arts Center; Philadelphia Art Alliance; Los Angeles, Municipal Art Gallery; Palo Alto, Syntex Art Gallery and New York Cultural Center, Beyond Illustration: The Art of Playboy, September 1971-September 1974, n.p. (illustrated in color). Calgary, Alberta College of Art Gallery; Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation, Mendel Art Gallery; Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin, Piebe Gallery; Art Institute of Atlanta; Chicago Cultural Center; Auburn University; Denver, Colorado Institute of Art; Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale; Flint, University of Michigan; Topeka, Washburn University, Mulvane Art Center; Daytona Beach Community College; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Arts Center; New York, Syracuse University, Lubin House; Plattsville, University of Wisconsin; Museum at Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, Rio Palace Hotel Gallery, The Art of Playboy- From the First 25 Years, November 1976-June 1981, n.p. (illustrated in color).
G. Edgren, The Playboy Book: Fifty Years, Los Angeles, 2005, pp. 142-143. Playboy Collector's Edition (Playboy's 50th Anniversary Issue), vol. 51, no. 1, p. 132. R. Bradbury, The Art of Playboy, New York, 1985, p. 88. A. Paul, "The Playmate as Fine Art: Eleven Famous Contemporary Artists Interpret Playboy's Provocative Gatefold Girl," Playboy, vol. 14, no. 1, January 1967, p. 146 and 147 (illustrated in color).
