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Study for "Big Peppermint" Painting,
1969–1970
Wayne Thiebaud, 1920–2021; born Mesa, AZ; died Sacramento, CA
2001-211
The confectionary lines and colors of Thiebaud's Study for "Big Peppermint" Painting reflect the artist's interest in correlating the subjects he depicts, specifically the sweet foodstuffs of everyday life, and the manner in which he depicts them. Here, the hard lines and soft shading of the colored pencil reproduce the manufactured form and sugary texture of a peppermint stick. Although the title for the drawing suggests that it is a study for a larger work, no such work seems to exist.;
Information
Title
Study for "Big Peppermint" Painting
Dates
1969–1970
Maker
Medium
Graphite, colored pencil, and colored crayon, with erasures
Dimensions
31.5 x 20.3 cm (12 3/8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen De Staebler, Class of 1954
Object Number
2001-211
Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: Thiebaud [heart shape]
Inscription
in graphite, lower center: Study for "Big Perppermint" painting - colored pencil and graphite, © 1969 - 70
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Stephen De Staebler, Berkeley, California;
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2001," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 61 (2002): p. 101-142., p. 105
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 212, cat. no. 53; p. 213 (illus.); p. 340, checklist no. 861
