Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)

Portrait of Mrs. Sargent

Details

Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)
Portrait of Mrs. Sargent
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' lower right
pencil on paper
17½ x 20½in. (44.5 x 52cm.) (sight)

Provenance

Mrs. Ralph Sargent, Boston, Massachusetts (the artist's aunt)
ACA Heritage Gallery, New York
A.H. Meyer (1966-68)
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1968

Exhibited

Southampton, New York, Parrish Art Museum, The Wyeth Family, July-August 1966
Buffalo, New York, Burhfield Art Center, First Decade: Burchfield Art Center, November 1976-March 1977

Lot Essay

This drawing, executed in 1949, depicts the artist's aunt Elizabeth Bockius Sargent.

This drawing will be included in Betsy James Wyeth's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.