Farmhorse

Details

Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)
Farmhorse
signed and dated 'Andrew Wyeth 1954' (lower right)
watercolor on paper laid down on stretched paper
21¾ x 29 5/8 in. (55.3 x 75.2 cm.)

Provenance

Carol Hurd, San Patricio, New Mexico, niece of the artist, acquired directly from the artist.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York.
Friends of Art of the Phoenix Art Museum, purchased from the above, 1962.

Literature

T. Kelly, "The Phoenix Art Museum," Arizona Highways, March 1966, p. 4-11

Exhibited

Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Art Gallery, Andrew Wyeth: An Exhibition of Watercolors, Temperas and Drawings, March-April 1963
Midland, Texas, Museum of the Southwest, 1973
Canton, Ohio, The Canton Art Institute, Andrew Wyeth from Public and Private Collections, September-November 1985

Special notice

Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

This work was executed in the summer of 1954 on the Crute property in Cushing, Maine.

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

This lot may be exempt from sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.

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