{"product_id":"tom-wesselmann-the-great-american-nude-9780847847945","title":"Tom Wesselmann: The Great American Nude","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Wesselmann: The Great American Nude \u003c\/i\u003eis the first comprehensive publication dedicated to the artist's most famous body of work, made between 1961 and 1973.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by Susan Davidson, the monograph is the first comprehensive publication dedicated to Wesselmann's most famous body of work, the \u003ci\u003eGreat American Nudes\u003c\/i\u003e (1961-73), which combines sensual depictions of the female figure with references to art history and popular culture. The book will include full-color reproductions of each artwork in the series (totaling one hundred numbered works, plus proofs, and all color variations for editioned works), as well as related drawings, studies, and relevant works from associated series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Wesselmann (1931-2004) was one of the leading American Pop artists of the 1960s. Departing from Abstract Expressionism, he went on to explore classical representations of the nude, still life, and landscape, while incorporating everyday objects and advertising ephemera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt historian and curator \u003cb\u003eSusan Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e is an authority in the fields of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop art, with special expertise in the work of Robert Rauschenberg. She has been engaged with Rauschenberg's practice since 1990, serving as a curatorial advisor to the artist from 2001 until his death in 2008, and as a board member to the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation from 2009 until 2014. Her numerous exhibitions and publications on the artist include \u003ci\u003eRauschenberg in China\u003c\/i\u003e (Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2016); \u003ci\u003eRobert Rauschenberg: Photographs 1949-1965\u003c\/i\u003e (Schirmer\/Mosel, 2011); \u003ci\u003eRobert Rauschenberg: Gluts\u003c\/i\u003e (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 2009); \u003ci\u003eRauschenberg: On and Off the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e (Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France, 2005); \u003ci\u003eRobert Rauschenberg\u003c\/i\u003e (Institut València d'Art Modern Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, 2005); and \u003ci\u003eRauschenberg\u003c\/i\u003e (Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy, 2004). With Walter Hopps, she curated the definitive \u003ci\u003eRobert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective\u003c\/i\u003e for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York and subsequent international tour (1997-99), and was assistant curator on Hopps's seminal \u003ci\u003eRobert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s\u003c\/i\u003e at the Menil Collection, Houston (1991). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her previous role as Senior Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2002-17), Davidson oversaw the stewardship of the institution's collection in addition to organizing notable exhibitions that include \u003ci\u003eJackson Pollock: Exploring Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); \u003ci\u003eRobert Motherwell: The Early Collages\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003eJohn Chamberlain: Choices\u003c\/i\u003e (2012); \u003ci\u003eNo Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock's Paintings on Paper\u003c\/i\u003e (2005); and \u003ci\u003ePeggy and Kiesler: The Collector and the Visionary\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). Prior to joining the Guggenheim's constellation of museums, Davidson was Collections Curator at the Menil Collection, Houston (1985-2002). She holds advanced degrees in art history from the Courtauld Institute, London, and George Washington University, Washington, DC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e​\u003cb\u003eRachel Middleman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Art History at California State University, Chico. She teaches courses in modern, contemporary, and American art history. She recently participated in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art's Samuel H. Kress Teaching Fellowship for undergraduate teaching with primary sources. Middleman has a PhD in art history with a Certificate in Visual Studies from the University of Southern California and a master's degree in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiddleman is the author of \u003ci\u003eRadical Eroticism: Women, Art, and Sex in the 1960s\u003c\/i\u003e (University of California Press, 2018). She has published in \u003ci\u003eArt Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLes Cahiers du Musée National d'Art Moderne\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKonsthistorisk tidskrift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWoman's Art Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and contributed to edited volumes and exhibition catalogues, including \u003ci\u003eAcademics, Artists, and Museums: 21st-Century Partnerships\u003c\/i\u003e (2018); \u003ci\u003eEnchanted Modernities: Theosophy, the Arts, and the American West\u003c\/i\u003e (2019); \u003ci\u003eIn the Cut: The Male Body in Feminist Art \u003c\/i\u003e(2019); \u003ci\u003eWomen, Aging, and Art: A Crosscultural Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (2021); \u003ci\u003eJoan Semmel: Skin in the Game\u003c\/i\u003e (2021); and \u003ci\u003eSupernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). She is executor of artist Anita Steckel's estate and coedited a special section of \u003ci\u003eArt Journal\u003c\/i\u003e titled \"The Politics of Legacy\" on the topic of artists' estates and art history. She cocurated \u003ci\u003eAnita Steckel: The Feminist Art of Sexual Politics\u003c\/i\u003e at Stanford Art Gallery (2022). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Mahony\u003c\/b\u003e is a director in the publications department at Gagosian, where she has worked since 2012 on exhibitions and publications devoted to Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Brice Marden, and David Reed, among others. She was previously a curatorial assistant in the department of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gagosian \/ Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648750125330,"sku":"9780847847945","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ac83a8b-ebe8-44c5-a2e6-2f303cba6fa6.jpg?v=1759833293","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tom-wesselmann-the-great-american-nude-9780847847945","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}