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Lot Essay
In the forward to the 1991 exhibition catalogue for the show Vision and Revision: Hand Colored Prints by Wayne Thiebaud, Thiebaud discusses his regular practice of saving extra proofs for later experimentation. He refers to the additional proofs as "elegant surfaces that I could not bear to throw away." These images challenge him and his creative process. He goes on to explain:
"In the reworking of these prints I have used assorted media including pen and ink, graphite, crayons, pastels, watercolor, charcoal, tempera, oils and acrylics in order to change them in as many ways as I could. Surprising results occurred while this strange practice was going on, and these stimulated speculation about a number of issues. For instance: what happens to a pre-established matrix, structure, or pattern configuration when it is acted upon with changes of hue, value, or intensity? Would this significantly change the space or light or hierarchy of things?...These kinds of problems and many others are what prompted most of these works. It was fascinating to discover how unlimited the possibilities appear to be" (W. Thiebaud, "Changing Prints," Vision and Revision: Hand Colored Prints by Wayne Thiebaud, exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1991, pp. 12-13).
"In the reworking of these prints I have used assorted media including pen and ink, graphite, crayons, pastels, watercolor, charcoal, tempera, oils and acrylics in order to change them in as many ways as I could. Surprising results occurred while this strange practice was going on, and these stimulated speculation about a number of issues. For instance: what happens to a pre-established matrix, structure, or pattern configuration when it is acted upon with changes of hue, value, or intensity? Would this significantly change the space or light or hierarchy of things?...These kinds of problems and many others are what prompted most of these works. It was fascinating to discover how unlimited the possibilities appear to be" (W. Thiebaud, "Changing Prints," Vision and Revision: Hand Colored Prints by Wayne Thiebaud, exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1991, pp. 12-13).