Details
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Front Door at Teel's
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower right)
watercolor on paper laid down on board
28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 50.8 cm.), image; 29 x 21 in. (73.7 x 53.3 cm.), board
Executed in 1954.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fleischman, Detroit, Michigan, by 1966.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, March 1968.
Coe Kerr Gallery, New York.
Marcelle Fine Art, New York, March 1990.
Christie's, New York, 23 May 1996, lot 168.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Wichita Art Museum, Wyeth's World: An Exhibition of Watercolors, Temperas and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, exhibition catalogue, Wichita, Kansas, 1967, no. 31, illustrated.
Oklahoma Museum of Art, The Wonder of Andrew Wyeth: Temperas, Watercolors, Dry Brush, Drawings, 1936-1939, exhibition catalogue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1967, p. 9, illustrated.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., 1900-1960: American Masters, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1968, p. 41, illustrated.
Exhibited
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, Andrew Wyeth -- Wyeth's World: An Exhibition of Watercolors, Temperas and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, September 15-November 15, 1967.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Museum of Art, The Wonder of Andrew Wyeth -- Temperas, Watercolors, Drybrush, Drawings, 1939-1966, December 3-24, 1967.
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., 1900-1960: American Masters, March 1968.
Kingsport, Tennessee, Kingsport Fine Arts Center, Works by Andrew Wyeth, December 4-21, 1972.