Smoker 1976

"Smoker" is a 1976 work by American Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The painting is a close-up of a woman's hand holding a cigarette. The iconic, simplified forms characteristic of Wesselmann's work, with a focus on color and shape, are clear in this work. The exaggerated scale of the hand and the cigarette, along with the vibrant red lips, draw the viewer's eye to the details of this pop culture icon.