Wayne Thiebaud - Merriment

September 7 - October 31, 2017
Reception: Wednesday, September 13, 6-8pm

Wayne Thiebaud

Crown Point Press announces the exhibition Wayne Thiebaud – Merriment, which focuses on light-heartedness and wit as seen in a new group of Thiebaud’s prints. “If we don’t have a sense of humor,” Wayne Thiebaud has said, “we lack a sense of perspective.” On display September 7 to October 31, the exhibition features etchings of bow-ties and clowns that were made by the artist in the spring of 2017 at Crown Point, and also includes a classic gumball machine reworked from earlier days. A sense of playfulness, delight, and nostalgia weave through all the prints, old and new. There will be a reception with the artist on Wednesday, September 13, from 6-8pm.

Press Release Overview Video of Reception

Wayne Thiebaud, Clown, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Color soft ground etching with aquatint.
17 ¾ x 23 ¾”; 22 x 30". 50.
Parasol Press, New York and Kathan Brown.
Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, Bow Tie Tree, 2017
Hard ground etching with drypoint.
8 x 6½"; 14 x 11½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$8,500 fair market value    Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, White Chocolate, 2014
Direct gravure printed in brown.
4¾ x 6¼"; 9½ x 10¾". 35.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$6,500    InquireInquire
Wayne Thiebaud, Dark Chocolate, 2014
Direct gravure.
4¾ x 6¾"; 9½ x 10¾". 35.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$6,500    InquireInquire
Wayne Thiebaud, Dark Gumball Machine, 1964/2017
Hard ground and soft ground etching.
12 x 8"; 18 x 13". 30.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$17,000    Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, Gumball Machine, 1964/2017
Color hard ground and soft ground etching.
12 x 8"; 18 x 13". 30.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$20,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, Little Suckers, 1971/2014
Aquatint.
5 x 6"; 10 x 10½". 35.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$12,000    Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, Tulip Sundae, 2015
Sugar lift aquatint with drypoint printed in black.
15 x 15"; 21 x 20". 35.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$8,500 fair market value    Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, Dark Cake, 1983
Color woodcut.
15 x 17½"; 20¼ x 22¼". 200.
Crown Point Press and Tadashi Toda at Shi-un-do Print Shop, Kyoto.
$45,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Wayne Thiebaud, Clown Memories, 2017
A portfolio of six hard ground etchings with drypoint.
8½ x 11" or 11 x 8½" each; 13½ x 17" or 17 x 13½" each. 20.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$20,000    InquireInquire