Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)

Race Bridge Study; two sheets

Details

Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)
Race Bridge Study; two sheets
the second, signed and inscribed 'A. Wyeth Study for "Race Gate"' (lower right)
each, watercolor and pencil on paper
each, 12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.6 cm.)
overall, 12 x 28 in. (30.5 x 71.2 cm.) (2)

Provenance

Private Collection, La Quinta, California.
Collection of Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Exhibited

Canton, Ohio, Canton Art Institute, Andrew Wyeth: From Public and Private Collections (Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition), September- November 1985, no. 560.

Lot Essay

The present works, executed in 1984, are studies for A Bridge, Race Gate, to be offered at Christie's, New York, May 25, 2000, lot 158. The view depicted here is the bridge over the Wyeth's race at the upper headgates in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

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

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