Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Hand Lines Study

Details

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Hand Lines Study
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (upper left)--bears signature (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1997.

Provenance

The artist.
Wyeth Hurd Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1998.

Exhibited

Harbor House Village, Massachusetts, Adelson Galleries, Inc., on Nantucket, Three Generations of Wyeths, August 1-30, 2005.

Lot Essay

The present work was executed at the Fish House on Benner Island, Maine. Through the open window, Allen Island is visible in the distance. The reverse retains a pencil drawing known as Bunk Bed Study, which dates from 1996 and depicts Oar House on Benner Island through the window of Wharf House.

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

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