Studies of Watermelon
1974
Artist, American, 1920 - 2021
Wayne Thiebaud
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 28.58 × 21.91 cm (11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.2765
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