Lot Essay
According to the artist, this painting was executed in 1948 along the Brandywine River, near his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
Details
Andrew Wyeth (b.1917)
Water Turtle
signed Andrew Wyeth, lower right--watercolor on paper laid down on board
22 1/2 x 30in. (57 x 76.4cm.)
Water Turtle
signed Andrew Wyeth, lower right--watercolor on paper laid down on board
22 1/2 x 30in. (57 x 76.4cm.)
Provenance
Sale: New York, Sotheby's, May 29, 1981, lot 166
Sale: New York, Christie's, September 28, 1989, lot 399
Sale: New York, Christie's, September 28, 1989, lot 399
Literature
Art Digest, Vol. 23, no. 4, "Revealing Anew the Magic of Andrew Wyeth", Nov. 15, 1948, p. 28
Exhibited
New York, Macbeth Gallery, Andrew Wyeth: Group Exhibition, Nov.-Dec., 1948, cat. no.5
Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art, Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, July-Aug., 1951, no. 52 (this exhibition travelled to Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Aug.-Sept., 1951
Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art, Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, July-Aug., 1951, no. 52 (this exhibition travelled to Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Aug.-Sept., 1951