Artist Monograph

Tom Wesselmann, American

Tom Wesselmann is represented by 36 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as american, with dated works spanning 1961–2000.

American, 1931–2004

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Acrylic Painting	10	27.8%
Oil Painting	7	19.4%
Screenprint	7	19.4%
Other Media	3	8.3%
Drawing	3	8.3%
Lithography	3	8.3%

Technique range

Tom Wesselmann’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Acrylic Painting, with secondary engagement in Oil Painting, Screenprint, Other Media, Drawing, Lithography.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a moderate group of 36 works produced between 1961 and 2000 attributed to Tom Wesselmann, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Production timeline

Dated works in these two collections span 39 years, from 1961 to 2000.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Tom Wesselmann is catalogued under American nationality. See the full American artists hub.

Contemporaries among American artists

16315
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works at MoMA
3358
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works at MoMA
2199
Ellsworth Kelly
works at MoMA
1338
Lee Friedlander
works at MoMA
932
George Maciunas
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1931–2004 (73 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 36 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Great American Nude, 2 Painting Acc. 79.1963	1961	Synthetic polymer paint, gesso, charcoal, enamel, oil, and collage on plywood	59 5/8 x 47 1/2" (151.5 x 120.5 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Final study for Little Still Life No. 13 Drawing Acc. 716.1980	1963	Pencil on paper	13 3/4 x 14 5/8" (35 x 37.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Fund
Great American Nude, 47 Painting Acc. 215.1982	1963	Acrylic with cut-and-pasted paper and fabric on wood panel	48 3/8 x 65 5/8" (122.9 x 166.7 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Lita Hornick
Still Life #30 Painting Acc. 578.1970	April 1963	Oil, enamel and acrylic on board with collage of printed advertisements, plastic flowers, refrigerator door, plastic replicas of 7-Up bottles, glazed and framed color reproduction, and stamped metal	48 1/2 x 66 x 4" (122 x 167.5 x 10 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Double page headpiece (pages 72 and 73) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.27	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition (irreg.): 14 × 22 3/16" (35.6 × 56.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Double page in-text plate (pages 64 and 65) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.23	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition (irreg.): 12 3/4 × 21 15/16" (32.4 × 55.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Cut Out Nude from 11 Pop Artists, Volume I Print Acc. 274.1966.1a	1965, published 1966	Screenprint from a portfolio of ten screenprints (one with collage additions), and one lithograph	composition: 8 1/2 x 16 1/8" (21.6 x 41cm); sheet: 19 15/16 x 23 7/8" (50.7 x 60.7cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Original Editions
Embossed Nude #1 Print Acc. 101.1969	1965, dated 1967	Embossing with pencil and watercolor additions	plate: 10 9/16 x 13 7/16" (26.8 x 34.2 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 x 17 5/8" (33.1 x 44.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Embossed Nude #1 Print Acc. 102.1969	1965, dated 1967	Embossing with pencil and watercolor additions	plate: 10 9/16 x 13 7/16" (26.9 x 34.2 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 17 3/4" (37.6 x 45.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Nude from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II Print Acc. 274.1966.2j	1965, published 1966	Screenprint from a portfolio of eleven screenprints, one with collage additions	composition and sheet: 23 7/8 x 29 5/8" (60.7 x 75.3cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Original Editions
Still Life from New York Ten Print Acc. 523.1965.10	1965	Embossing with pencil additions from a portfolio with seven screenprints, one etching, one lithograph, and one embossing	plate: 15 1/2 x 20 3/4" (39.4 x 52.7 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 x 20 15/16" (43 x 53.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Law Foundation Fund
TV Still Life from 11 Pop Artists, Volume III Print Acc. 274.1966.3g	1965, published 1966	Screenprint from a portfolio of ten screenprints and one lithograph	composition: 28 7/8 x 37 15/16" (73.3 x 96.3cm); sheet: 28 7/8 x 37 15/16" (73.3 x 96.3cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Original Editions
Little Nude from 7 Objects in a Box Print Acc. 29.1967.7	1966	Multiple of spray-painted vacuum-formed plexiglass with foam backing	overall (irreg.): 7 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 1" (19.7 × 19.1 × 2.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet
Mouth, 7 Painting Acc. 663.1967	1966	Oil on shaped canvas	6' 8 1/4" x 65" (206.3 x 165.1 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Study for Mouth, 8 Drawing Acc. 23.1969	1966	Acrylic and pencil on paper	10 3/8 x 13 7/8" (26.2 x 35.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Plate (folio 3) from Stamped Indelibly Illustrated Book Acc. 94.1968.2	1967	One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 3 7/16 × 4 3/16" (8.8 × 10.6 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Seascape (Tit) from Graphik USA Print Acc. 738.1968.6	1967, published 1968	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 18 1/8 × 17 15/16" (46 × 45.5 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 23 5/8" (75.1 × 60 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Smoker, 1 (Mouth, 12) Painting Acc. 226.1968	1967	Oil on canvas, in two parts	Overall 9' 7/8" x 7' 1" (276.6 x 216 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Susan Morse Hilles Fund
Study for Bedroom Painting #25 Drawing Acc. 3396.2005	1967	Pencil and acrylic on paper	5 1/2 x 6 3/4" (14 x 17.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Study for Marilyn's Mouth Painting Acc. 455.1994	1967	Oil on canvas	9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Frances R. Keech Bequest
Seascape (Foot) from the portfolio Edition 68 Print Acc. 1190.1969	1968	Screenprint	composition: 18 1/16 x 18" (45.8 x 45.7 cm); sheet: 24 x 23 9/16" (60.9 x 59.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Study for Smoker, 4 (Mouth, 18) Drawing Acc. 205.1970	1968	Pencil on paper	12 1/4 x 12 1/4" (31.3 x 31.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund and John B. Turner Fund
Nude (For Sedfre) Print Acc. 1191.1969	1969	Screenprint	composition: 16 15/16 x 23" (43 x 58.4 cm); sheet: 23 1/16 x 29 1/16" (58.5 x 73.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Still Life #57 Painting Acc. 1253.1969.a-g	1969-70	Oil on canvas and base of acrylic paint on carpet, in six sections	Overall 10' 3 1/8" x 16' 2 7/8" x 6' (312.5 x 495 x 182.8 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Study for Still Life, 61 Drawing Acc. 180.1977	1975	Acrylic and pencil on paper	22 3/8 x 30" (56.9 x 76.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from Mrs. Allan D. Emil and the National Endowment for the Arts
Smoker (Lithograph) Print Acc. 49.1977	1976	Lithograph and embossing	composition (irreg.): 14 5/8 × 23" (37.2 × 58.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/4 × 30 3/16" (57.8 × 76.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Shiny Nude from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio Print Acc. 181.1977.12	1977	One from a portfolio of thirteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 5 7/8 x 5 11/16" (14.9 x 14.5 cm); sheet: 8 x 8" (20.3 x 20.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parasol Press, Ltd. and the Publications Department of The Museum of Modern Art
Bedroom Portfolio Print Acc. 14.1982.1-5	1978, published 1979	Portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acyrlic additions	composition (each approx.): 6 1/2 × 6 13/16" (16.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet (each approx.): 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio Print Acc. 14.1982.1	1978, published 1979	One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions	composition: 6 1/4 × 6 5/8" (15.8 × 16.9 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio Print Acc. 14.1982.2	1978, published 1979	One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions	composition: 6 1/16 × 6 5/8" (15.4 × 16.8 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio Print Acc. 14.1982.3	1978, published 1979	One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions	composition (irreg.): 6 9/16 × 6 13/16" (16.7 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio Print Acc. 14.1982.4	1978, published 1979	One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions	composition: 6 1/16 × 6 13/16" (15.4 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio, Untitled from Bedroom Portfolio Print Acc. 14.1982.5	1978⁠⁠, published 1979	One from a portfolio of five embossings with pencil and acrylic additions	composition: 5 13/16 × 7 5/16" (14.7 × 18.6 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 3/16" (25.5 × 28.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Monica Nude with Matisse Print Acc. 126.1993	1990	Etching and aquatint with embossing	plate: 29 × 48" (73.7 × 121.9 cm); sheet: 38 × 60" (96.5 × 152.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and International Images Incorporated
Mylar Study for Dinner at the Museum of Modern Art Drawing Acc. 281.2025	1999	Acrylic on mylar, cut-and-taped on paper	6 1/4 × 8 1/2" (15.9 × 21.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Estate of Tom Wesselmann
Dinner at The Museum of Modern Art Painting Acc. 264.2025	2000	Oil on cut-out aluminum	8′ 10′′ x 9′ 10′′ x 12 1/8′′ (250.2 × 299.7 × 30.8 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Estate of Tom Wesselmann

Frequently Asked Questions

How many works by Tom Wesselmann are in MoMA?

MoMA's catalogue lists 36 works attributed to Tom Wesselmann.

What medium did Tom Wesselmann primarily work in?

Based on MoMA's holdings, Tom Wesselmann's most represented medium is Acrylic Painting.

What nationality is Tom Wesselmann?

Tom Wesselmann is catalogued as American in MoMA's Artists index.

When were Tom Wesselmann's works created?

Dated works in MoMA + Met for Tom Wesselmann span 1961 to 2000.