Wayne Thiebaud, Cold Case, 2010/11/13.© WAYNE THIEBAUD
No surprise, Wayne Thiebaud’s second show at Acquavella Galleries on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is a tender, elegant pleasure. The Sacramento, California-based artist is 94 next month, and he has still got it. He has filled the townhouse with his immaculate cakes, his landscapes, beach scenes, and portraits—49 paintings and drawings in all, the majority from the past 15 years, with a few older gems sprinkled throughout. He makes it look easy, no sweat.
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