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THBTom Wesselmann Olympische Spiele München 1972 Lithograph Class 2
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TimedMay 4, 2018 - May 17, 2018
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- Lot Description
Artist: Tom Wesselmann Cincinnati, OH United States 1931-2004
Title: Olympische Spiele München 1972 -Class 2
Medium: color offset lithograph - Plate-Signed By The Artist
Provenience: F. Bruckmann KG, Munich/Kennedy Press Germany
ARTIST: Wesselmann became one of the leading American Pop artists of the 1960's. He was born on February 23, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio. After a two year enlistment in the army Tom attended the University of Cincinnati where he received a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1956. Throughout his enlistment and education Tom had been cartooning and it was only after graduating that he decided to pursue cartooning as a career. He enrolled in the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Once graduating he moved to New York City where he had been accepted into the Cooper Union. In 1959 he received his diploma and had shifted more towards fine art.
He stayed away from abstract expressionism and went on to become one of the leading Pop artists of the 1960's. He created collages and assemblages incorporating everyday objects and advertising ephermera. This continued throughout the 1970's while he was writing an autobiography which documented the evolution of his artwork through 1980. For more than four decades he lived and worked in New York City with his wife, Claire, daughters Jenny and Kate, and son Lane. He died on December 17, 2004 leaving behind a legacy in the art world.
"Original Vintage Offset Lithograph Collection 1972 Olympische Speiel Munchen Series (Editions Olympia 1972 GmbH)
The choice of the artists who were to be invited had to be made along these lines: A precise study of the market was needed at the time. Established and avant-garde trends in art ought to be represented in the series: expressionism, surrealism, neorealism, pop-art/op-art. The artists had to be experienced in designing posters; their high artistic quality had to be world famous.
This series of vintage offset lithographs consists of 28 designs by artists: Otl Aicher - Serge Poliakoff - Hans Hartung - Marino Marini - Oskar Kokoschka - Charles Lapicque - Jan Lenica - Fritz Winter - Horst Antes - Shusaka Arakawa - Eduardo Chillida - Victor Vasarely - Piero Dorazio - Pierre Soulages - Otmar Alt - Josef Albers - Allen Jones - Allan D'Arcangelo - David Hockney - Valerio Adami - Tom Wesselmann - R.B. Kitaj - Richard Smith - Max Bill - Jacob Lawrence - Alan Davie - Peter Philipps - Paul Wunderlich - F. Hundertwasser
The art posters were original produced in three different valences:
Printed October 1967, Size 64 cm x 102 cm (25.2 in x 40.2in)
Class 1 - Original graphics: Hand-printed by the artist from the original plate on high-quality paper, signed and limited to 200 copies per design
Class 2 - Original posters: Hand finished further impressions from the same original plate on slightly lower quality paper but heavier than reproduction; the plate is signed, but not numbered. The original poster edition should not exceed 4,000 copies per design.
Class 3 - Original Reproductions of the original graphic: Produced by off-set or photogravure process on poster paper.
Dimension
Height: 40.00Width: 25.00Weight: 3.00Condition
The offset lithograph is guaranteed to be in very good condition or better. The vintage collectable work of art and may show minor handling, aging or original printing defects none of which affect the image.
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