Tom Wesselmann Bedroom Face Limited Signed Print Stamped COA Included

Artist: Tom Wesselmann
Title: Bedroom Face
Year: 1977
Image Size: 22 1/4" x 29 7/8"
Frame Size: 28" x 36"
Original Serigraph
Edition of 75
Signed and numbered with the publisher’s stamp located in the lower right corner
Condition: Excellent Condition
Certificate of Authenticity included

Tom Wesselmann’s Bedroom Face (1977) is a striking example of the artist’s signature pop art aesthetic, combining bold color, simplified forms, and a distinctly modern sensibility. This original serigraph, measuring 22 1/4" x 29 7/8" (framed to 28" x 36"), captures an intimate, stylized close-up of a reclining female figure, rendered in vivid, saturated hues that immediately draw the viewer in.

Wesselmann’s mastery of color and composition is on full display—lush greens, warm yellows, and deep reds create a dynamic visual rhythm, while the flattened perspective and graphic precision reflect the influence of advertising and mass media central to pop art. The juxtaposition of sensual human form with everyday interior elements, such as the light switch, adds both humor and a subtle commentary on modern life.

Part of a limited edition of only 75, this piece is signed and numbered with the publisher’s stamp in the lower right corner. It remains in excellent condition and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, making it a highly collectible work by one of America’s most celebrated pop artists. Both retro in spirit and timeless in appeal, Bedroom Face continues to resonate with contemporary audiences while embodying the bold energy of the 1970s.

About Tom Wesselmann

One of the leading American Pop artists of the 1960s, Tom Wesselmann rejected Abstract expressionism in favor of the classical representations of the nude, still life, and landscape. Striving "to make figurative art as exciting as abstract art", he developed a visual lexicon which is iconic and instantly recognizable.

A celebration of form and shape, the work of Tom Wesselmann uniquely blended contemporary images and pop culture with classical representation. Placing an emphasis on the female nude, he reduced the human form to exaggerated flattened, simplified motifs in paintings which were boldly-colored, erotically-charged and assertive. Isolating erogenous zones, such as hair, lips, nipples or teeth, he created the ideal body for the consumer age. He also produced collages and assemblages which incorporated everyday objects and advertising ephemera.

Wesselman is best known for his 1960s series "Great American Nudes", which featured flat female figures juxtaposed with contemporary signs of consumer culture and politics. The nudes are placed in a typical American interior, painted in an intense palette of red, blue, and other patriotic colors.

In the 1980s, the artist published his autobiography using the pseudonym Slim Stealingworth, charting the evolution of his artistic practice. His works are in the permanent collection of MoMA, the Smithsonian, the Whitney, Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, the Israel Museum, The Museum of Modern Art in Japan and other institutions around the world.

Although he is often associated with Pop Art, Wesselmann never intended his works to serve as a cultural critique. He always insisted that there was no deep meaning at the root of his art.

Tom Wesselmann was born in 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He worked in New York City for more than four decades, where he lived with his wife and three children. This is where he died in 2004 following a surgery for his heart condition. His last major series of paintings titled "Sunset Nudes" was shown after his death at the Robert Miller Gallery in New York in 2006.