Artist Monograph

Tom Wesselmann, American

American, 1931–2004

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Acrylic Painting	10	27.8%
Oil Painting	7	19.4%
Screenprint	7	19.4%
Drawing	3	8.3%
Lithography	3	8.3%
Other Media	3	8.3%
Watercolor	2	5.6%
Etching	1	2.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	28	77.8%
Painting & Sculpture	8	22.2%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 19
Painting — 8
Drawing — 6
Illustrated Book — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	30.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	17	47.2%
Large (1–3 m)	7	19.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	2.8%

Range: 10.6 cm → 495.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1963	1
1964	2
1965	1
1966	3
1967	2
1968	3
1969	3
1970	4
1971	1
1977	3
1980	1
1982	7
1993	1
1994	1
2005	1
2025	2

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 3" — 1

American Contemporaries

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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Estate of Tom Wesselmann