Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)

Adam Johnson's House

Details

Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)
Adam Johnson's House
signed and inscribed 'Andrew Wyeth Negro House' lower left
ink on paper
14.7/8 x 21in. (37.8 x 53.3cm.)

Provenance

Private Collection, Bolton, Massachusetts, 1941-1990
Sale: New York, Sotheby's, September 26, 1990, lot 184

Exhibited

Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Drawings and Lithographs of Peter Hurd and Watercolors and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, December 1939
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, January 1941
Wilmington, Delaware, Baldwin Galleries, Water Colors and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, February 1941
Mountian Brook, Alabama, Finley Gallery, A Selection of Works by Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, November-December 1993
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art, Andrew Wyeth: Works on Paper from Regional and National Collections, September-October 1997 (This exhibition also traveled to Columbus, Ohio, Keny Galleries, October-November 1997)
New York, David Findlay, Jr., Inc., Andrew Wyeth--Watercolors, November 1997-January 1998

Lot Essay

This work, executed in 1938, is a study for a watercolor entitled Winter of the same year. It depicts Adam Johnson working in his yard in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

This ink wash will be included in Betsy James Wyeth's forthcoming catalogue raisonn of the artist's works.