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Gumball Machine
Gumball Machine

Gumball Machine

Artist (American, 1920 - 2021)
Publisher (founded 1962)
Date1964/2017
MediumColor hard ground and soft ground etching
DimensionsPlatemark: 11 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (29.8 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 17 7/8 × 13 in. (45.4 × 33 cm)
Credit LineGift of Karen and Robert Hoehn
CultureAmerican
MarkingsPublisher's and printer's chop BR corner
Inscribed21/30; Thiebaud; 1964/2017
Object numberPC2017.24.01
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionA classic gumball machine sits on surface at center of image, a slight shadow can be seen behind the machine on the right. Gumballs fill the machine's glass sphere to the top, colored in red and blue with various patterns of stripes. Thiebaud originally made this print in 1964. In 2017, he re-worked the plates and created this colored version.

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