ID 1426265
Lot 589 | ANDREW WYETH (1917-2009)
Estimate value
$ 700 000 – 1 000 000
Circus Day
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (upper right)
drybrush, watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper laid down on paperboard
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Fuji Gallery, Tokyo, 1974
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1976
Literature
"Wyeth: Toward a Deeper Reality," America Illustrated, January 1971, pp. 24-29.
N. Gosling, "America's other Andy," Observer, May 1974, p. 32 (illustrated).
"Special Issue: Three Generations of the Wyeth Family—Andrew Wyeth," American Artist, February 1975, p. 70 (illustrated).
"The Wyeths and the Brandywine Tradition," America Illustrated, May 1976, pp. 19-26 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Andrew Wyeth, May-June 1974, p. 21 (illustrated).
Matsugae, Paramita Museum, Masterpieces of Western Painting, From the Impressionist Era to the 20th Century, October-December 2015.
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 |
| 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 |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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