Artist:

Wayne Thiebaud, born Mesa, AZ 1920-died Sacramento, CA 2021  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

36 x 36 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

2001

Gallery Label:

Wayne Thiebaud was fascinated by the dramatic vistas and abrupt disjunctions of the San Francisco landscape. Denying the laws of normal perspective, San Francisco West Side Ridge is a commotion of rectangles, horizontals, and diagonals that thrust downward and obliquely to destabilize streets and urban buildings. Parked vehicles seem pinned to vertical curbs; turrets, palm trees, and a tiny figure on a balcony confirm life at the top of the precipice; and shadows cast by street lamps point like arrows to the dramatic drop-off at the right.

Topic:

Cityscape\street  Search this

Cityscape\bird's eye view  Search this

Cityscape\California\San Francisco  Search this

Architecture Exterior\commercial  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sam Rose and Julie Walters

Object number:

2004.30.5

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76bfa8ad5-f8ea-474c-934b-c4838c38f61c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2004.30.5