TOM WESSELMANN - Shiny Nude (from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio) 1977

Shiny Nude (from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio) 1977

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004)
Medium: Rubber stamps in colours Kromekote coated white wove
Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm
Edition: 1000
Printer: Press of A. Colish, Mt. Vernon, NY
Condition: Very good overall
Publisher: Parasol Press, Ltd., New York

Description: 

Shiny Nude (1977) is a work of disarming conceptual wit and technical singularity — a reclining female nude executed entirely in rubber stamps in colours on Kromekote coated white wove paper, produced as part of the celebrated Rubber Stamp Portfolio published by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York. The medium is the message: Wesselmann takes the most banal of office tools and deploys it to reproduce the most enduring subject in Western art, collapsing the distance between administrative bureaucracy and erotic tradition in a single gesture.

The composition is unmistakably Wesselmann — the blonde figure reclines in a cropped, close-up format across a field of blue, flanked by green and red; the body fragmented, abstracted, and hyper-simplified into zones of warm flesh tone and flat colour. The hatched texture produced by the rubber stamp mechanism gives the surface a distinctive graphic quality entirely different from screenprint or lithography — each impression carrying the physical trace of the stamping process, the slight irregularities of pressure and ink distribution making every example subtly unique.

Published by Parasol Press — one of the most important American print publishers of the 1970s, responsible for landmark editions by Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, and Richard Serra — and printed by the prestigious Press of A. Colish, Mt. Vernon, NY, the work is numbered verso from the edition of 1,000 and retains its original envelope. Wesselmann's work is held in the collections of MoMA, the Whitney Museum, and the Smithsonian, and his prints are actively collected on the international secondary market.

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FAQ

Is this an original Tom Wesselmann work? Yes — an original rubber stamp print in colours, numbered from the edition of 1,000, published by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York.

What makes the rubber stamp medium significant? Wesselmann's use of rubber stamps is a deliberate conceptual choice — applying the most mundane of office tools to the most elevated of art-historical subjects, in keeping with the Pop Art tradition of collapsing high and low culture.

What is Kromekote paper? A high-gloss coated white wove paper that enhances colour saturation and produces a distinctive "shiny" surface quality — directly referenced in the work's title.

Is the original envelope included? Yes — the work is accompanied by its original envelope.

What condition is the work in? Very good condition.

Who published this work? Parasol Press, Ltd., New York — one of the most respected American print publishers of the 1970s.

Do you ship internationally? Yes — worldwide, with museum-grade packaging, full insurance, and shipment tracking.