Pie a la Mode

Details

WAYNE THIEBAUD (1920-2021)
Pie a la Mode
signed and dated 'Thiebaud 1961' (lower right); signed, inscribed and dated 'Pie a la Mode Thiebaud 1961' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1961

Provenance

Private collection, Sacramento.
Private collection, California, by descent from the above
Anon. sale; Bonhams, New York, 14 May 2025, lot 18A
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

J. C. Ogleby, 'Art Views: Coffee Cups and Pies Become Artist's Models,' The Sacramento Bee, 28 May 1961, p. L4.
W. Hopps, 'Wayne Thiebaud: de Young Museum,' Artforum, vol. 1, no. 4, September 1962, pp. 43-45.
H. Welch, 'Art in Review: Avant-Garde Styles Contrasted,' Independent Star-News, 7 October 1962, p. 2.
J. C. Ogleby, 'Art Views: Zowie! Here Comes Superman: First Rate Alumni Show Includes Curious Oils,' The Sacramento Bee, 27 January 1963, p. L8.
Wayne Thiebaud: 1958-1968, exh. cat., Davis, University of California, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, 2018, pp. 12 and 156.

Exhibition

Sacramento, Artists Cooperative Gallery, Wayne Thiebaud, May-June 1961.
San Francisco, Art Unlimited, An Exhibition of Recent Works by Thiebaud, November-December 1961.
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, An Exhibition of Paintings by Wayne Thiebaud, July-August 1962.
Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum, New Painting of Common Objects, September-October 1962.
Sacramento, Sacramento State College, Alumni Exhibit, January-February 1963.