ID 1401048
Lot 5 | ANDREW WYETH (1917-2009)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
Front Door
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
29 ½ x 21 ½ in. (74.9 x 54.6 cm.)
Executed in 1946.
Provenance
Helen and Donald Parson Jr., Boston, Massachusetts, 1948.
By descent to the late owner.
Literature
B.J. Wyeth, Christina's World, Boston, Massachusetts, 1982, p. 199, illustrated.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, Doll & Richards, Water Colors by Andrew Wyeth, November 18-December 7, 1946, n.p, no. 14.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, American Painting of Today, March 21-April 13, 1946, n.p., no. 63.
Memphis, Tennessee, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, January 1, 1947.
New York, American Watercolor Society, February 1, 1947.
New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Works by Newly Elected Members and By Recipients of Academy and Institute Honors, May 22-June 30, 1947.
Rockland, Maine, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Andrew Wyeth: Something of the Artist, July 7-October 17, 1988.
Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Andrew Wyeth: American Master, January 26-April 17, 2005.
Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, on extended loan, 2005-2017.
Further details
The Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art confirms that this object is recorded in Betsy James Wyeth’s files.
| Artist: | Andrew Wyeth (1917 - 2009) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Art style: | Modern art, 20th Century Realism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Andrew Wyeth (1917 - 2009) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Art style: | Modern art, 20th Century Realism |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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