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Lot 33
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WAYNE THIEBAUD | Cloud Smoke

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Wayne Thiebaud
  • Cloud Smoke 
  • titled and dated 1993 on the stretcher; signed and dated 1993 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas 

Provenance

Allan Stone Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner  

Literature

Allan Stone, Wayne Thiebaud, New York 1994, n.p., illustrated in color 

Catalogue Note

"Landscape for me took on the problem of composition. I wanted to eliminate the horizon line, to see if I could get a landscape image that didn't use a horizontal fixation. Instead, I try to establish a positional directive for the viewer⁠—whether it's up, down, helicopter view, world view, valley view⁠—to try and get some sense of loss of the convenience or comfort of standing and looking at things, to throw people off a bit." Wayne Thiebaud 
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