Suckers State I

1967, published 1968

Wayne Thiebaud

Associated Names
Wayne Thiebaud

Artist, American, 1920 - 2021

Charles Ritt

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Bruce Lowney

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Dan Gualdoni

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a group of six candy apples arranged closely together with sticks inserted into them. The color palette is monochromatic in black and white. Shadows are cast on the surface below. Three candy apples are on the left side, followed by the others moving towards the right. The apples are in the foreground with sticks extending upwards, creating patterns of shadows and highlights.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pasadena Art Museum, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • American Lithographs from the Corcoran's Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1977, no. 52.

2007

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

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 85.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 52.1. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Thiebaud State I 48/150; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 67-172

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in black ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Wikidata ID

Q77010681

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