Levee Farms

Wayne Thiebaud, Levee Farms, 1998, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, 2004.30.4
Wayne Thiebaud, Levee Farms, 1998, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, 2004.30.4

Artwork Details

Title
Levee Farms
Artist
Date
1998
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sam Rose and Julie Walters
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — industry — waterwork
  • Landscape — farm
  • Landscape — river
Object Number
2004.30.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2004.30.4

Artwork Description

The vantage point of Levee Farms is that of a low-flying bird as it surveys planting fields and a river suffused with the warm light of the California sun. A tour de force of curving lines, gentle color, and subtle shadows describe fields that follow the contours of the river as it flows toward the delta. Here, Thiebaud toyed with perspective--there is no horizon line, for example--and manipulates space to celebrate the confluence of man in harmony with the natural world.

Works by this artist (31 items)

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Wayne Thiebaud, Three Sandwiches, 1961, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.144
Three Sandwiches
Artist
Date1961
oil on canvas
On view
Wayne Thiebaud, Renwick Gallery Tenth Birthday, color offset reproduction, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, 1982.7
Renwick Gallery Tenth Birthday
Artist
color offset reproduction
Not on view
Wayne Thiebaud, Big Suckers, from the portfolio Seven Still Lifes and a Silver Landscape, 1971, aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.52.1
Big Suckers, from the portfolio Seven Still Lifes and a…
Artist
Date1971
aquatint on paper
Not on view
Wayne Thiebaud, Composition, 1957, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin, 2005.5.70
Composition
Artist
Date1957
watercolor on paper
Not on view