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Wayne Thiebaud (AMERICAN, 1920) Clown Color etching and aquatint on Somerset 1979 Signed and dated in pencil, lower right Numbered 45/50 in pencil, lower left Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 24 inches (45 x 61 cm) Published by Parasol Press, New York Printed by Crown Point Press, San Francisco From Recent Etchings I series Framed and matted Contact department for full condition report A portrait of a melancholy clown in red and blue that demonstrates the artist's superb abilities with figuration. From Recent Etchings I series, this color etching with aquatint is signed, dated and numbered 45/50 in pencil, lower left. "Clown" was printed by Crown Point Press, San Francisco and published by Parasol Press, New York. Wayne Thiebaud (AMERICAN, 1920) Born in Sacramento in 1920, Thiebaud's career as a painter, draftsman, and printmaker from 1959 to 2014, mostly still lifes of pies, cakes, desserts, candies but also woman in bathing suits. Thiebaud uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included. From 1949 to 1950, Thiebaud studied at the San Jose State University and from 1950 to 1953 at the California State University in Sacramento. He had his first solo exhibition at the Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento. Currently Wayne Thiebaud lives and works in California.