WAYNE THIEBAUD (B. 1920)
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MADELEINE HAAS RUSSELL
WAYNE THIEBAUD (B. 1920)

Rabbit

细节
WAYNE THIEBAUD (B. 1920)
Rabbit
signed 'Thiebaud' (lower right)
colored pencil on paper
18½ x 23 5/8 in. (47 x 59.9 cm.)
Drawn in 1970-1971.
来源
Collection of the artist.
Allan Stone Gallery, New York.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
Acquired from the above by the present estate, 18 March 1980.

拍品专文

Wayne Thiebaud stands alone. A great American artist, he is peerless as a painter of still-life whose technical virtuoso is matched by the charm of his subjects. His paintings have often been compared to desserts--his composite whites looking as delectible and delicious as frosting.

In Rabbit, 1970-1971, Thiebaud endulges in his dual fascinations with form and surface. The rabbit is a simple and modest form, but the illusion of a soft and warm creature before us is dazzling. Thiebaud the painter/magician seems to have pulled this rabbit out of a hat.