Wayne Thiebaud [Hardcover]

Karen Tsujimoto (Author)

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Thiebaud is a member of the first gener ation of West Coast Pop artists, per haps best known for his paintings of cream pies and cakes. Wayne Thiebaud is a catalog with accompanying essays of a restrospective touring exhibition organized by the San Francisco Muse um of Modern Art. Of the 100-plus il lustrations, 68 are color plates. Thie baud's career is divided into chapters on still lifes, figural paintings, and Die benkorn-like landscapes; the latter characterizes his latest work. Recom mended. Raymond L. Wilson, Dept. of Humanities, San Francisco State University, Calif.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 207 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr (September 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0295962518
• ISBN-13: 978-0295962511
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,221,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tsujimoto's book on Thiebaud, July 11, 2011

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This review is from: Wayne Thiebaud (Paperback)

This book is the one to buy if you are an artist wanting to look at Thiebaud's brushwork up close. (It turns out to be quite straightforward.) There are plenty of large reproductions, and Tsujimoto's essays are clear and informative. She avoids the kind of bloated purple writing that often accompanies art books. It is a bit shorter than Nash's book on Thiebaud, and a bit older, but the reproductions are as good. This book is the better value for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, great value, October 6, 2008

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J. Landau (Orinda, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wayne Thiebaud (Hardcover)

If you enjoy Wayne Thiebaud's work, this book provides over 100 illustrations, 68 in full color and full scale, in the 206-page book. It is highly comparable to the Steven Nash book at less than half the price.

Because it was published in 1985, it omits more recent work, but most of Thiebaud's iconic images were completed by that date (when the artist was 65 years old). It includes landscapes as well as his wonderful paintings of food, the figure and "pop" objects. It was published in conjunction with a museum exhibition and includes full identification of each work shown. Excellent value for a very good artist monograph.