Travelers [working proof 1]
2019
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View on museum website →Medium
hard ground etching on wove Somerset paper [working proof 1]
Dimensions
plate: 21.5 × 27.6 cm (8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.) sheet: 33.6 × 40.2 cm (13 1/4 × 15 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.696
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...