Studies of Watermelon

1974

Wayne Thiebaud

Associated Names
Wayne Thiebaud

Artist, American, 1920 - 2021

The image shows sketches of a jug, slices of fruit, and a knife. The artwork is in black and white, using shading and line work. In the top portion of the image, there is a jug and two fruit slices on a plate. In the middle, there are skewered fruit wedges. At the bottom, there are sliced fruit segments with two labels marked '89' on top.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; 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

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 222, no. 1488.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: [heart] Thieband Paris 1974 / N.Y.S.S.

Wikidata ID

Q64634628

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