Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Picking Apples

Details

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Picking Apples
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower right)
watercolor and charcoal on paper laid down on board
21 x 29¾ in. (53.3 x 75.6 cm.)
Executed in 1945.

Provenance

The artist.
[With]The Lefevre Gallery, London.
Mrs. P. McKay Normandie, New South Wales, Australia, acquired from the above, 1974.
[With]James Graham & Sons, New York.
MBNA Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, 2000.
Barridoff Galleries, Portland, Maine, 31 July 2002, lot 229.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

P.T. Rathbone, Andrew Wyeth, exhibition catalogue, London, 1974, n.p.

Exhibited

London, The Lefevre Gallery, Andrew Wyeth, May 23-June 22, 1974, no. 15.

Lot Essay

The present work depicts N.C. Wyeth's orchard in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

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

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