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Cakes No. 1 by Wayne Thiebaud — VisualArtsDB

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Cakes No. 1

Cakes No. 1

Cakes No. 1

1967

Medium: Pastel on cream tracing paper
Dimensions: 44.5 × 47.4 cm (17 9/16 × 18 11/16 in.)
Genre: Pastel
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)prints and drawingpastelpastels (crayons)crayonspaper (fiber product)

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