'Tom Wesselmann: The Great American Nude'

Between 1961 and 1973, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004) reconfigured the classical artistic tradition of the nude, incorporating everyday objects and advertising ephemera into his vibrant large-scale works of female bodies. Bright, bold and graphic, the series is defined by a captivating tension between flatness and dimensionality. This striking monograph by Rizzoli is the first comprehensive publication dedicated to Wesselmann’s most famous body of work. The edition combines sensual depictions of the female form together with critical texts on art history and pop culture by Susan Davidson, Rachel Middleman, and Lauren Mahony. 'Tom Wesselmann: The Great American Nude' features an impressive suite of full-color reproductions of one-hundred artworks, as well as associated drawings, studies, and works from related series. This unmissable title by Rizzoli is an essential addition to art libraries everywhere.