WAYNE THIEBAUD | Hamburgers

Private Collection, California (gift of the artist)
Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 1984, Lot 101
Allan Stone Gallery, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

San Francisco, Jeremy Stone Gallery, Wayne Thiebaud, Drawings, August - September 1984
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective, June - September 2001
New York, Allan Stone Projects, Wayne Thiebaud In Black and White, October - December 2014, cat. no. 43, pp. 4 and 43, illustrated in color
New York, The Morgan Library and Museum, Wayne Thiebaud, Draftsman, May - September 2018, cat. no. 11, p. 53, illustrated in color

John A. Parks, "Thiebaud's World," American Artist, Fall 2003, p. 18

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the sheet are deckled and there is a slight undulation throughout, inherent to the artist’s working method. There are artist’s pinholes in each corner. There is small repaired tear halfway down the right edge. Under close inspection, a few minor pinpoint and unobtrusive spots of foxing are visible. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the top and bottom edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

"The hamburger is a very convenient food invention and a good, well prepared hamburger is cheap but excellent food. I believe anyone who doesn't like a hamburger is a food snob. The hamburger is also a cultivated taste. You can eat a hundred hamburgers and they all taste different, some are good and many are bad. You can't tell what food tastes like by looking at it, any more than you can tell what people are like merely by looking at them."
Wayne Thiebaud