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Breakfast

Wayne Thiebaud

Artwork Details

Breakfast
1995
Wayne Thiebaud
drypoint on paper
37 x 32 ½ in. (95.25 x 82.55 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Anne L. McGrew
2012/1.278

Description

Subject Matter:

A color print of a quotidien image, breakfast. As with other Pop artists, Wayne Thiebaud extracts common details of daily life, elevating them to the status of art, asking us to reconsider art and object.

Physical Description:

A color print of one place-setting at a table with breakfast foods—2 eggs sunnyside up, 3 strips of bacon, toast, coffee, milk—and utensils. 

Usage Rights:

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