Girl with Ice Cream Cone
Date
1963
Artist
Wayne Thiebaud, American, b. Mesa, Arizona, 1920–2021
Provenance
University of Chicago, Illinois
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program and Museum Purchase, 1996
Exhibition History
ALLAN STONE GALLERY, New York. Recent Paintings by Wayne Thiebaud, 24 March-11 April 1964.
STANFORD ART MUSEUM, Stanford University, CA. Thiebaud: Figures, 26 September-31 October 1965, pl. 5, no. 3. TOUR: ALLAN STONE GALLERY, New York, April 1966.
PASADENA ART MUSEUM, CA. Wayne Thiebaud, 13 February-17 March 1968, no. 23, p. 14, 56. TOUR: WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, MN, 1 April-5 May 1968; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, CA, 23 May-23 June 1968; THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, Cincinnati, OH, 8 July-11 August 1968; UTAH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, UT, 22 September-27 October 1968.
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, Phoenix, AZ. Wayne Thiebaud Survey: 1947-1976, 10 September-17 October 1976, no. 34. TOUR: OAKLAND MUSEUM, Oakland, CA, 19 November 1976-12 January 1977; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ART GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA, 31 January-6 March 1977; DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines, IA, 5 April-15 May 1977.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 159, color ill. p. 101.
PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC. Wayne Thiebaud, 10 February-13 May 2001 (organized by the California Palace of the Legion of Honor).
ACQUAVELLA CONTEMPORARY ART, INC. “Wayne Thiebaud: A Retrospective” 23 October-30 November 2012.
Published References
CAMPBELL, LAWRENCE. In "Reviews and Previews," Art News 63 (May 1964) p. 10.
"Wayne Thiebaud: Photographs of his Work," Motley 3/1 (UC Davis: Winter 1965-66) p. 8.
PLAGENS, PETER. Sunshine Muse: Contemporary Art on the West Coast (New York: Praeger Publishers. 1974) pl. 3, p. 67.
SHAW-EAGLE, JOANNA. "'Recent Acquisitions' at the Hirshhorn Paints Broad Sweep," Washington Times (20 July 1997), p. D4.
LEWIS, NICOLE. "Here and Now: Art," Washington Post (9 August 1998) ill.
PLAGENS, PETER. "Two Pops: Edward Ruscha and Wayne Thiebaud," Art Forum XXXVIII/10 (Summer 2000) table of contents ill.
UNSIGNED. The Phillips Collection: News & Events (January/February 2001) table of contents ill.
O'SULLIVAN, MICHAEL. "Thiebaud: Sugar and Spice," Washington Post Weekend (16 February 2001) p. 61 ill.
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School
Pop Art (American)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Museum purchase, 1996
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
96.19
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
48 1/8 x 36 1/4 in. (122.2 x 92.1 cm)
