Wayne Thiebaud: Four Cakes (from Recent Etchings I)

Four Cakes (from Recent Etchings I)
1979
Color trial proof aside from the edition of 50
Published by Parasol Press, Ltd., New York; printed by Crown Point Press, San Francisco

Medium: Drypoint and aquatint on Somerset paper
Size: Image: 16.25" x 23.75"; Sheet (vis.): 18.25" x 25.75"; Frame: 28.375" x 36"; (Image: 41 x 60 cm)
Signature: Signed and dated in graphite lower right margin beneath image; edition lower left; retains Paul Thiebaud Gallery label frame verso
Condition: Excellent original condition. Full sheet is generally crisp and clean aside from a few light fingerprint stains visible in the margins. Upon inspection of this work out of the frame, extremely light acid staining is visible in the margins, likely due to the use of a non-archival mat at some point in the past. Colors appear bright and unfaded.