Waldoboro Woods

Details

Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)
Waldoboro Woods
signed and inscribed 'To Gus and Arnold with warmest regard, Andrew Wyeth P.S. You are a great artist Arnold' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
21½ x 29½ in. (54.6 x 74.9 cm.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Newman, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1947.
By gift to the present owner, 1959.

Exhibited

Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Watercolor Exhibition, March-April 1962
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Art Gallery, Andrew Wyeth: An Exhibition of Watercolors, Temperas and Drawings, March-April 1963
Flagstaff, Arizona, Northern Arizona University, American Art Collection, Summer 1965
Tucson, Arizona, Tucson Art Center, American Art Collection, Fall 1965
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Andrew Wyeth Exhbition, December 1967
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, September-November 1967
Roswell, New Mexico, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Hurd-Wyeth Exhibition, September-October 1981
Canton, Ohio, The Canton Art Institute, Andrew Wyeth from Public and Private Collections, September-November 1985

Special notice

Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

This work, executed in 1947, depicts an area behind the Hoffses' house in East Waldoboro, 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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