Wayne Thiebaud (Am., b. 1920), Glassed Candy lithograph on paper, pencil signed and dated lower right, edition 22/150, in steel frame. Swirled and striped liquorice sticks protrude from a glass jar, presented in bursts of orange, blue and black. From the 1980 Presidential Re-Election Portfolio of Jimmy Carter. "His first exhibition in New York, at the Alan Stone Gallery in 1962, received tremendous critical attention, with reviews in Newsweek, Art News, the New York Times, and Life magazine. That same year he had a one-person exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Thiebaud began making etchings at Crown Point Press in 1964. His first prints date from 1950, and he has been an active printmaker throughout his career. He has shown in numerous exhibitions and received many awards, including the National Medal of Arts presented by President Clinton in 1994. His paintings are in the collections of most major museums in the United States including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He is represented by the Alan Stone Gallery, New York, and the Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco." -Kathan Brown, Crown Point Press SS 30 x 22.25 in.; DOA 32.5 x 27 in. The estate of Dorothy and the late Hamilton Jordan, chief of staff to President Jimmy Carter
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