Image courtesy of Crown Point Press
A masterful painter and draughtsman, Wayne Thiebaud has also been an active printmaker for seven decades. His earliest print dates to 1948. Since then, the artist has created limited-edition aquatints, woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, screenprints, and monotypes.
Thiebaud’s distinctive blend of precision, contour, and imagination is evident in his printing practice—from the early, small-scale black and white etchings of the 1960s to the complex and colorful woodcuts of the 1980s and beyond.
To truly understand the depth and breadth of Thiebaud’s vast artistic output is to recognize the significant aspect printmaking has played in his oeuvre.
Candy Apples, 1987
Color woodcut
Plate: 15 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches
Sheet: 23 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches
Edition of 200
$85,000
Four Cakes, from Recent Etchings I, 1979
Drypoint and aquatint etching on Somerset paper
Plate: 16 3/8 x 23 3/4 inches
Sheet: 23 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
SOLD
Dark Cake, 1983
Woodcut in printed colors
Image: 15 x 17 1/2 inches
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches
Framed: 24 3/4 x 26 3/8 inches
Edition of 200
$50,000
Cherry Cakes, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Etching and aquatint
Plate: 16 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
$10,000
Hot Chocolate, 2015
Direct gravure with drypoint printed in brown
Image: 7 3/4 x 10 inches
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 15 inches
Edition of 25
SOLD
Chocolates, 1993
Color hard ground etching with drypoint
Image: 9 x 10 1/2 inches
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 16 inches
Framed: 17 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Edition of 50
$12,000
White Chocolate, 2014
Direct gravure printed in brown
Plate: 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches
Edition of 35
$7,000
Snack Bar, 2017
Color sugarlift aquatint with drypoint
Image: 21 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
Sheet: 30 3/4 x 35 3/4 inches
Edition of 35
$16,500
Crown Tart, 2015
Direct gravure printed in brown
Image: 10 x 12 1/4 inches
Sheet: 16 x 17 1/4 inches
Edition of 35
$8,000
Black Suckers, from Seven Still Lifes and a Silver Landscape, 1971
Aquatint
Plate: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches
Framed: 27 1/4 x 31 inches
Edition of 50
$85,000
Bacon and Eggs, from Delights, 1964
Etching
Image: 5 x 6 inches
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 11 inches
Framed: 17 x 13 1/4 inches
Edition of 100
$22,000
Lunch Counter, from Delights, 1964
Etching
Image: 7 x 7 3/4 inches
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 11 inches
Framed: 17 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches
Edition of 100
$28,000
Yo-Yos (State II), 1964
Woodcut
Image: 4 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches
Edition of 12
SOLD
Bow Tie Tree, 2017
Hard ground etching with drypoint
Image: 8 x 6 1/2 inches
Sheet: 14 x 11 1/2 inches
Edition of 25
$7,500
Rose, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Color soft ground etching
Plate: 24 x 17 3/4 inches
Sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
$6,000
Steep Street, 1989
Color spit bite aquatint with drypoint
Image: 30 x 22 inches
Sheet: 38 3/4 x 30 1/2 inches
Framed: 41 1/2 x 33 inches
Edition of 50
$25,000
Diagonal Ridge, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Drypoint, aquatint and roulette
Plate: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
SOLD
Down Mariposa, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Etching
Plate: 16 x 20 inches
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
SOLD
Candy Apples, 1987
Color woodcut
Plate: 15 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches
Sheet: 23 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches
Edition of 200
$85,000
Four Cakes, from Recent Etchings I, 1979
Drypoint and aquatint etching on Somerset paper
Plate: 16 3/8 x 23 3/4 inches
Sheet: 23 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
SOLD
Dark Cake, 1983
Woodcut in printed colors
Image: 15 x 17 1/2 inches
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches
Framed: 24 3/4 x 26 3/8 inches
Edition of 200
$50,000
Cherry Cakes, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Etching and aquatint
Plate: 16 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
$10,000
Hot Chocolate, 2015
Direct gravure with drypoint printed in brown
Image: 7 3/4 x 10 inches
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 15 inches
Edition of 25
SOLD
Chocolates, 1993
Color hard ground etching with drypoint
Image: 9 x 10 1/2 inches
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 16 inches
Framed: 17 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Edition of 50
$12,000
White Chocolate, 2014
Direct gravure printed in brown
Plate: 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches
Edition of 35
$7,000
Snack Bar, 2017
Color sugarlift aquatint with drypoint
Image: 21 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches
Sheet: 30 3/4 x 35 3/4 inches
Edition of 35
$16,500
Crown Tart, 2015
Direct gravure printed in brown
Image: 10 x 12 1/4 inches
Sheet: 16 x 17 1/4 inches
Edition of 35
$8,000
Black Suckers, from Seven Still Lifes and a Silver Landscape, 1971
Aquatint
Plate: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches
Framed: 27 1/4 x 31 inches
Edition of 50
$85,000
Bacon and Eggs, from Delights, 1964
Etching
Image: 5 x 6 inches
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 11 inches
Framed: 17 x 13 1/4 inches
Edition of 100
$22,000
Lunch Counter, from Delights, 1964
Etching
Image: 7 x 7 3/4 inches
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 11 inches
Framed: 17 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches
Edition of 100
$28,000
Yo-Yos (State II), 1964
Woodcut
Image: 4 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches
Edition of 12
SOLD
Bow Tie Tree, 2017
Hard ground etching with drypoint
Image: 8 x 6 1/2 inches
Sheet: 14 x 11 1/2 inches
Edition of 25
$7,500
Rose, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Color soft ground etching
Plate: 24 x 17 3/4 inches
Sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
$6,000
Steep Street, 1989
Color spit bite aquatint with drypoint
Image: 30 x 22 inches
Sheet: 38 3/4 x 30 1/2 inches
Framed: 41 1/2 x 33 inches
Edition of 50
$25,000
Diagonal Ridge, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Drypoint, aquatint and roulette
Plate: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
SOLD
Down Mariposa, from Recent Etchings II, 1979
Etching
Plate: 16 x 20 inches
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
Edition of 50
SOLD
Wayne Thiebaud at work in 2017. Video Courtesy of Crown Point Press.
Wayne Thiebaud at work in 2019. Video Courtesy of Crown Point Press.