Great American Nude #4
Date
1961
Artist
Tom Wesselmann, American, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1931–2004
Provenance
Green Gallery, New York, to 21 March 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 21 March 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
FINCH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, New York. "American Figure Painting: 1957-1962," Spring 1962.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Recent Painting USA: The Figure," 23 May-4 September 1962, cat. (not pictured). Tour: COLUMBUS GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, Ohio, 1-29 November; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, 30 January-27 February 1963; BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 15 March-26 April; CITY ART MUSEUM OF ST. LOUIS, 13 May-10 June; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 18 August-15 September; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 1 October-12 November.
MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. "Beyond Pop Art; A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective," 19 May-7 October 2012, cat. Tour: VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond, 6 Apri 2013l-28 July; DENVER ART MUSEUM, 13 July 2014-14 September; CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, 31 October-18 January 2015.
Published References
STEALINGWORTH, SLIM. Tom Wesselmann (New York: Abbeville Press, 1980).
MCCARTHY, DAVID. "Tom Wesselmann and the Americanization of the Nude, 1961-1963," Smithsonian Studies in American Art 4, no. 3/4 (Summer-Autumn, 1990), color detail, p. 104; fig. 7 (color), p. 112.
KAMMEN, MICHAEL. Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture (New York: Knopf, 1991), ill. p. 650.
MCCARTHY, DAVID. The Nude in American Painting, 1950-1980 (Cambridge University Press, 1998), color ill. on cover.
SCHWARTZ, BARRY. “Collective Memory and Abortive Commemoration: Presidents' Day and the American Holiday Calendar,” Social Research 75, no. 1 (Spring 2008) , fig. 5, p. 96.
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School
Pop Art (American)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.5524
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil, enamel, charcoal, and pencil with collage of photomechanical reproductions, cotton, plastic, and paper on wood
Dimensions
48 × 48 1/8 in. (121.9 × 122.1 cm)
