Study for Metal Compote and Fruit. 1985.
Liquitex-Acrylic and pencil on Bristol board.
Signed, dated, titled and inscribed by Claire Wesselmann on the reverse, as well as with the work number “D 85117”. 34.5 x 39.8 cm (13.5 x 15.6 in), size of sheet.
[SM].

• Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).
• Classic subject in the famous graphic-linear style of American Pop Art.
• Alongside Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Wesselmann is one of the key protagonists of American Pop Art.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Thomas, Munich (with the label on the frame cover).
Private collection (acquired directly from the above).
Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate ( inherited from the above).