Freeway Curve

1979

Wayne Thiebaud

Artist, American, 1920 - 2021

Stephen Thomas

Printer, American, active 1978

Parasol Press

Publisher

A multi-lane highway curves from the upper left corner to the bottom right edge of this nearly square aquatint and drypoint print. A row of sketchily drawn street lamps lines the top and right edge of the freeway. Black and white trucks and cars cast lapis-blue shadows on the charcoal-gray road. The artist wrote “Trial Proof III” in graphite in the lower left margin under the print and signed it with a heart and text reading, “Thiebaud 1979" in the lower right.
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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 right in graphite: [heart] Thiebaud 1979; lower left in graphite: Trial Proof III

Markings

embossed lower right: Crown Point Press / Stephen Thomas

Wikidata ID

Q77009848

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