Lot Essay
This watercolor will be included in Betsy James Wyeth's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Dam Breast
Details
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Dam Breast
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
21¾ x 29¾ in. (55.2 x 75.6 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Dam Breast
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
21¾ x 29¾ in. (55.2 x 75.6 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Provenance
Private collection, Miami, Florida, 1975.
[With]Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
Private collection, New York, 1980.
Private collection.
Yamaso Art Gallery, Kyoto City, Japan, 1989.
[With]Peter Marcelle.
Private collection.
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
[With]Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
Private collection, New York, 1980.
Private collection.
Yamaso Art Gallery, Kyoto City, Japan, 1989.
[With]Peter Marcelle.
Private collection.
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
D. McCord and F.A. Sweet, Andrew Wyeth, exhibition catalogue, Boston, Massachusetts, 1970, n.p., illustrated.
A. Wyeth and B.J. Wyeth, Wyeth at Kuerners, Boston, Massachusetts, 1976, p. 37, illustrated.
K. MacVickar, Making the Scene--A Wyeth in person and on canvas at D.C.A., October 26, 1979, n.p., illustrated.
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Andrew Wyeth Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Nagoya, Japan, 1995, pp. 103, 269, no. 72, illustrated.
A. Wyeth and T. Hoving, Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography, exhibition catalogue, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 88, illustrated.
A. Wyeth and B.J. Wyeth, Wyeth at Kuerners, Boston, Massachusetts, 1976, p. 37, illustrated.
K. MacVickar, Making the Scene--A Wyeth in person and on canvas at D.C.A., October 26, 1979, n.p., illustrated.
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Andrew Wyeth Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Nagoya, Japan, 1995, pp. 103, 269, no. 72, illustrated.
A. Wyeth and T. Hoving, Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography, exhibition catalogue, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 88, illustrated.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Andrew Wyeth, July 17-September 6, 1970.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, The Brandywine Heritage, June 18-October 17, 1971.
Nagoya, Japan, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, and elsewhere, Andrew Wyeth Retrospective, February 3-April 2, 1995.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, The Brandywine Heritage, June 18-October 17, 1971.
Nagoya, Japan, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, and elsewhere, Andrew Wyeth Retrospective, February 3-April 2, 1995.
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