Eight Dogs

1990

Wayne Thiebaud

Associated Names
Wayne Thiebaud

Artist, American, 1920 - 2021

Crown Point Press

Publisher

This is a drawing of various dogs in different positions. The drawing features several dogs sketched in a loose, whimsical style. The composition consists of multiple dogs scattered across the page, each captured in different poses or actions. One dog is sitting prominently in the lower left corner, another shaggy-haired dog is placed near the center with its fluffy coat rendered in fine lines, a bulldog can be seen in the lower right corner, and toward the top of the drawing, another dog is leaping with a toy or lead arching through the air behind it. Two smaller dogs are drawn in sketchy outlines, running across the page.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hardground etching in black on Somerset textured white paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.7 x 17.8 cm (5 x 7 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 31.8 cm (12 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.93.106


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1996 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite below plate mark; lower left: OK to print; lower right: Thiebaud 1990; other printer's notations along bottom

Markings

lower right: Crown Point Press / Lawrence J. Hamlin (chop of Crown Point Press)

Wikidata ID

Q75400335

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