Cakes
1963
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View on museum website →Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 152.4 × 182.9 cm (60 × 72 in.) framed: 156.21 × 187.33 × 6.99 cm (61 1/2 × 73 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art from the Collectors Committee, the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee, and The Circle, with Additional Support from the Abrams Family in Memory of Harry N. Abrams
Accession Number
1991.1.1
About the Artist
Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud, born Morton Wayne Thiebaud on November 15, 1920, in Mesa, Arizona, grew up in a Mormon family in southern California after his parents relocated there shortly after his birth. His father worked various jobs, including as a Ford mechanic and real estate agent. As a teenager, Thiebaud apprenticed one summer at Walt Disney Studios, drawing in-betweens for characters like Goofy and Pin...