Paint Cans

1990

Wayne Thiebaud

Associated Names
Wayne Thiebaud

Artist, American, 1920 - 2021

Trillium Graphics

Printer

Chicago Art Expo

Publisher

This print depicts eight large paint cans, many of them with wooden sticks partially submerged in the paint. The cans contain paint in bright primary colors such as yellow, red, pink, and blue as well as neutral tones like white and black. The cans themselves appear to be reflective and are depicted with stripes of various colors including white, gray, green, pink, yellow, and blue. Some have paint dripping down their sides. The background is a beige surface with shadows and faint reflections cast by the cans.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • The Icing on the Cake: Selected Prints by Wayne Thiebaud, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001

2007

  • Looking for the "There There": California Art from the Collection, 1950-2000, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2007-2008

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: C.T.P.; lower right in graphite: Thiebaud 1990; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 90-105

Markings

embossed lower right: [Trillium Graphics]; stamped lower left verso in black ink: Trillium Graphics / Brisbane, CA

Watermarks

Arches / France [infinity symbol]

Wikidata ID

Q77009831

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