SLAUGHTER ON TENTH
Tom Slaughter and Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Tom was a gifted artist, whose work was immediate, fun, simple, and unmistakably his own. Henry Geldzahler, the first curator for 20th Century Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art said that, like Leger, Stuart Davis, and Roy Lichtenstein before him, Tom lived his life “in the brilliant light of imagined skies, where the time is always high noon or midnight.”
But most of all he was a real human being. A funny, handsome, genuine, honest New Yorker who could charm anyone who spent a few moments with him. I became fast friends with him. The first time we met, Tom told me how “fucking hilarious” some videos were that I had made about the art world. I don’t think he even mentioned he was an artist. He made it about me. He had a gift for making everyone feel special.
As the years went by, these videos about the art world became The Madness of Art, and I asked Tom to be in an episode. I suggested we do an episode about the dealer-artist relationship. Although he told me over and over again that he couldn’t act, he finally relented, and he was pitch perfect. Captured on film was Tom in all his irreverence: sarcastic, biting and real. Even his romantic side showed through. (To watch Tom Slaughter perform in The Madness of Art, please click here.)
We filmed in his large Soho studio, an open space with high ceilings, art, bicycles, golf clubs, plastic balls, footballs, and a wall of polaroids he took of all his visitors over the years including family, friends, and passers by. This wall was like a work of art. Tom’s history. A time capsule. Every picture telling a story. Look and they are there. Artists, the famous and the not. Singers, actors, art world curators, dealers. Everyone from old friends like Bruce Willis and Demi Moore to the UPS delivery guy and others. He pointed at one photo. “Know him, Jim?” He looked familiar, but I really wasn’t sure. “He’s an actor; that much I know” I said. “No, Jim. That’s Adam Weinberg, head curator of MoMA. Ring a bell?” He laughed and loved the fact that his New York art dealer didn’t recognize him. With that we began filming. It was one of my favorite episodes to film, and now it has become a bit of a time capsule of Tom, his studio, his art and his enduring spirit. His memorial at the New Victory Theater on Monday was overflowing, a testament to how he is already sorely missed.
Tom Slaughter
Untitled, 1990
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 120 inches
$75,000
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (City Signs II), 1997
Flashe on canvas
40 x 30 inches
$18,000
Untitled, 1996
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 20 inches
$12,000
Tom Slaughter
City Roof, 1996
38 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
Tom Slaughter
Flashe paint on paper
$8,000
Tom Slaughter
New York Day I, 1992
Screenprint
33 x 24 inches Edition of 60
$1,500
New York Day II, 1992
Screenprint
33 x 24 inches
$1,500
Tom Slaughter
New York Night I, 1992
York Night II, 1992 Screenprint 33 x 24 inches
Tom Slaughter
Tom Slaughter
New
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Night City V), 1992
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 48 inches
$30,000
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter Untitled (Man), 2024
Jocelyn Slaughter
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Jocelyn Slaughter
Jocelyn
Jocelyn Slaughter (Bird), 2024
collage
5/5 inches
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Dining Room Table), 2024
5/8 x 4 3/4 inches
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Clothing), 2024
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Newspaper), 2024
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Yellow Building), 2001
Flashe paint on paper 12 x 9 inches
SOLD
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Colorblock Sailboat), 2001
Flashe paint on paper
12 x 9 inches
Framed $3,950
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Yellow Sailboat), 2005
Flashe paint on paper
12 x 9 inches
Framed $4,450
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Red Lighthouse), 2002
Flashe paint on paper
12 x 8 3/4 inches
Framed $3,950
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Red Lighthouse), 2002
Flashe paint on paper
12 x 8 3/4 inches
Framed $3,950
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Fruit), 2024
Paper collage
4 3/4 x 3 5/8 inches
$450 Inquire
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Books), 2024
Paper collage
8 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches
$2,400
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Chair), 2024
Paper collage
6 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches
SOLD
Tom Slaughter
New York Night I, 1992
Screenprint
33 x 24 inches
Unique color trial proof outside of the edition of 60
Framed $3,150
Tom Slaughter
New York Night II, 1992
Screenprint
33 x 24 inches
Unique color trial proof outside of the edition of 60
$2,400
Tom Slaughter
Left:
Untitled (Nude I), 1996
Flashe paint on paper
12 x 9 inches
Right:
Untitled (Nude II), 1996
Flashe paint on paper
12 x 9 inches
Framed $4,450 each
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Loft Wall), 2024
Paper collage 5 x 7 inches
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Loft), 2024
Paper collage
4 x 7 inches
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Tom Slaughter
Book Shelves, 1991
Acrylic on canvas
37 x 27 inches framed
$15,000
Tom Slaughter
Untitled, 1991
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 40 inches
$24,000
Tom Slaughter
Recession Prints I, 1991
Set of 4 Screenprints
13 x 17 inches each
Edition of 125
Framed $3,000
Tom Slaughter
Arts & Letters, 2000
Etching and engraving diptych
11 x 15 inches
Edition of 35
Framed $1,400
Unframed $800
(Studio), 2024
8 1/2 x 12 7/8 inches
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled
Paper collage
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Yellow Window), 2000 Flashe paint on paper 9 x 7 inches
SOLD
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Red and Black City), 2000
paint on paper 12 x 9 inches
Framed $4,450
Flashe
Tom Slaughter
Two Trees II, 2001
Sugarlift with aquatint
15 x 11 inches
Edition of 60
Framed $1,100
Unframed $900
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Adirondack Chair), 2003
Flashe paint on paper 9 x 12 inches
Framed $3,950
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Untitled (Cat), 2024
Paper collage
7 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches
SOLD
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Bike), 2006
Flashe paint on paper
9 x 12 inches
Framed $3,950
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Vespa), 2005
Flashe paint on paper
9 x 12 inches
Framed $3,950
Untitled (Bar), 2024
Paper collage
8 1/2 x 11 inches
Nell Jocelyn Slaughter
Tom Slaughter
Untitled (Red and Black City), 2001
Flashe paint on paper 14 x 11 inches
Framed $4,450
Tom Slaughter
Untitled, 1996
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 20 inches
$12,000
