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Delights
1964–65, published 1965
Medium/Technique
17 etchings with aquatint and drypoint
Dimensions
35.3 x 29.7 x 2.2 cm (13 7/8 x 11 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Susan W. Paine
Accession Number1999.695.1-17
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPortfolio case covered in black cloth and stmped in gold on top cover: DELIGHTS
Stamped in black inside top cover at LR: THE SCHUBERTH / BOOKBINDERY, S.F.
Typographic contents:
sheet 1: Crown Point Press Presents
sheet 2: Delights
sheet 3: Seventeen ETCHINGS
sheet 4: BY WAYNE THIEBAUD
sheet 5: ETCHINGS PRINTED BY KATHAN BROWN / ON RIVES PAPER, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA / LETTERPRESS PRINTING BY LAWTON KENNEDY / BOUND BY SHUBERTH, SAN FRANCISCO / NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE / EDITION LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED COPIES
sheet 6:
LUNCH ETCHING, FIRST PLATE
FISH DRYPOINT, SECOND PLATE
BANANA SPLITS ETCHING, THIRD PLATE
CHERRY STAND ETCHING, FOURTH PLATE
BACON AND EGGS ETCHING, FIFTH PLATE
DOUBLE DECKERS DRYPOINT, SIXTH PLATE
LUNCH COUNTER ETCHING, SEVENTH PLATE
DISPENSERS ETCHING, EIGHTH PLATE
GUM MACHINE ETCHING, NINTH PLATE
LEMON MERINGUE ETCHING, TENTH PLATE
SUCKERS AQUATINT, ELEVENTH PLATE
CANDIED APPLES ETCHING, TWELFTH PLATE
CAKE WINDOW ETCHING, THIRTEENTH PLATE
CLUB SANDWICH ETCHING, FOURTEENTH PLATE
PIES ETCHING AQUATINT, FIFTEENTH PLATE
DELICATESSEN AQUATINT, SIXTEENTH PLATE
OLIVES AQUATINT, SEVENTEENTH PLATE
sheet 7: FOR BETTY JEAN
sheet 8: [blank]
following the plates is a final blank sheet signed at center in graphite pencil: Book 8/100 Thiebaud 1965
Stamped in black inside top cover at LR: THE SCHUBERTH / BOOKBINDERY, S.F.
Typographic contents:
sheet 1: Crown Point Press Presents
sheet 2: Delights
sheet 3: Seventeen ETCHINGS
sheet 4: BY WAYNE THIEBAUD
sheet 5: ETCHINGS PRINTED BY KATHAN BROWN / ON RIVES PAPER, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA / LETTERPRESS PRINTING BY LAWTON KENNEDY / BOUND BY SHUBERTH, SAN FRANCISCO / NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE / EDITION LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED COPIES
sheet 6:
LUNCH ETCHING, FIRST PLATE
FISH DRYPOINT, SECOND PLATE
BANANA SPLITS ETCHING, THIRD PLATE
CHERRY STAND ETCHING, FOURTH PLATE
BACON AND EGGS ETCHING, FIFTH PLATE
DOUBLE DECKERS DRYPOINT, SIXTH PLATE
LUNCH COUNTER ETCHING, SEVENTH PLATE
DISPENSERS ETCHING, EIGHTH PLATE
GUM MACHINE ETCHING, NINTH PLATE
LEMON MERINGUE ETCHING, TENTH PLATE
SUCKERS AQUATINT, ELEVENTH PLATE
CANDIED APPLES ETCHING, TWELFTH PLATE
CAKE WINDOW ETCHING, THIRTEENTH PLATE
CLUB SANDWICH ETCHING, FOURTEENTH PLATE
PIES ETCHING AQUATINT, FIFTEENTH PLATE
DELICATESSEN AQUATINT, SIXTEENTH PLATE
OLIVES AQUATINT, SEVENTEENTH PLATE
sheet 7: FOR BETTY JEAN
sheet 8: [blank]
following the plates is a final blank sheet signed at center in graphite pencil: Book 8/100 Thiebaud 1965
Inscriptionsfollowing the plates is a final blank sheet signed at center in graphite pencil: Book 8/100 Thiebaud 1965
ProvenanceAllan Stone Gallery, New York, NY; Susan Paine, Boston; her gift to MFA, 31 December 1999
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