Wayne Thiebaud Confections Boxed Notecards

$22.95 at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Instantly recognizable for their sensuous texture and warm, luminous palette, Wayne Thiebaud’s images of cakes, pies, and other ubiquitous store-bought foods brought him to international prominence in the 1960s. His food paintings explore society’s fascination with, and ritualistic treatment of, certain culinary items; Thiebaud paints what he has called the “tattletale signs” of our culture. Contains five each of the following notecards: Cake Window (Seven Cakes), 1970–1976 Candy Counter, 1969 Cakes and…