Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)

Fog and the White Dory

Details

Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917)
Fog and the White Dory
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
17¼ x 29¼ in. (43.8 x 74.3 cm.), image size; 18¾ x 29¼ in. (47.6 x 74.3 cm.), sheet size
Executed in 1941.

Provenance

Doll & Richards, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.
Private collection, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1942.
Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 1987, lot 342.
Private collection, South Hampton, New York.
Berry Hill Galleries, New York, 1999.
Private collection.

Exhibited

New York, Macbeth Gallery, Third Exhibition of Water Colors by Andrew Wyeth, October 7-27, 1941, no. 7.
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Newman Gallery, Andrew Wyeth and the Wyeth Family, October 1965.

Lot Essay

This work depicts Ed Ervine carrying his lobster traps in Morris Cove, Martinsville, Maine.

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

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