Cigars, from Recent Etchings II
Primary
Wayne Thiebaud
(1920–)
Printer
Stephen Thomas
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1979
MediumTwo-color soft-ground etching and aquatint
Edition Info28/50
DimensionsSheet: 22 5/8 × 29 11/16 in. (57.5 × 75.4 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 3/4 × 19 13/16 in. (40 × 50.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 15 3/4 × 19 13/16 in. (40 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Charles and Dorothy Clark, 1983.52
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1983.52
On View
Not on viewThiebaud presents images of objects that imply a human presence. Ostensibly neutral objects, Thiebaud's cigars imply the persons who smoked them, while commenting upon American material consumption and the fetishism of mass culture products.
Exhibitions
May Gearhart
early 20th century
Object number: G1966.2.243
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