Tom Wesselmann

Published by Abbeville Press, Inc, New York, 1980

Some foxing and marks on cover and endpapers.

Hardcover. Cream colored cloth with mounted color illustration; 321 pp; profusely illustrated in bw and color throughout. A consideration of the work of American pop artist Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004). This self-portrait (for Slim Stealingworth is Wesselmann's nom de plume) traces the artist's origins and development from fledgling cartoonist to Abstract Expressionist to creator of the Great American Nudes and other paintings celebrated for their highly charged colors and deadpan eroticism. (publisher's description). A comprehensive work at the time. Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.