Lot Essay
The present work depicts Milton Teel sailing, with Teels Island seen behind.
ANDREW WYETH (1917-2009)
Fair Wind
Details
ANDREW WYETH (1917-2009)
Fair Wind
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
watercolor on paper
17 x 30 in. (43.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1940.
Fair Wind
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
watercolor on paper
17 x 30 in. (43.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1940.
Provenance
Private collection, East Aurora, New York.
Private collection, Greenville, Delaware.
Taggart and Jorgensen Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Private collection, Japan, sold by the above.
Christie's, New York, 26 May 1999, lot 154.
Private collection, Camden, Maine, acquired from the above.
Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
Private collection, New Hampshire, acquired from the above, 1999.
By descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Greenville, Delaware.
Taggart and Jorgensen Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Private collection, Japan, sold by the above.
Christie's, New York, 26 May 1999, lot 154.
Private collection, Camden, Maine, acquired from the above.
Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
Private collection, New Hampshire, acquired from the above, 1999.
By descent to the present owner.
Exhibition
Tokyo, Japan, Nukaga Gallery, Andrew Wyeth, 1990.
Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, Geography of Ideas: Wyeth Perspectives of Maine, June 11-November 18, 2022.
Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, Geography of Ideas: Wyeth Perspectives of Maine, June 11-November 18, 2022.
Further details
The Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art confirms that this object is recorded in Betsy James Wyeth’s files.
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