Gumball Machine

Artist Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920 - 2021)

Publisher Crown Point Press (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 Thiebaud originally made this print in 1964.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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