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Study for Smoker #27
Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931–2004) · 1978
$23,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £15,708≈ €22,173
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ball-point pen, colored pencil on tracing paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated · Tom Wesselmann signature
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (7 x 8.3 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010815)
- Date
- November 10, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 247
- Estimate
- $20,000 – $30,000 (≈ £13,228 – £19,841) (≈ €18,672 – €28,009)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2013 and 2015 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Sep 19, 2013 · Phillips
Under the Influence, lot 54
Bought in / unsold · est. $20,000 – $30,000
As catalogued
Tom Wesselmann, “Study for Smoker #27”, 1978
ball-point pen, colored pencil on tracing paper
2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (7 x 8.3 cm.)
Nov 10, 2015 · Phillips this result
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, lot 247
Sold $23,750Sign up to see · est. $20,000 – $30,000
As catalogued
Tom Wesselmann, “Study for Smoker #27”, 1978
ball-point pen, colored pencil on tracing paper
2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (7 x 8.3 cm.)
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