Lot Essay
The present work depicts the stairs leading to the second floor of the historic John Chad house, which was built in 1725 and serves as the namesake for Wyeth’s hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
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Stair Door
Details
ANDREW WYETH (1917-2009)
Wyeth, A.
Stair Door
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (upper right)
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board
28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 1955.
Wyeth, A.
Stair Door
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (upper right)
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board
28 x 20 in. (71.1 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 1955.
Provenance
Private collection, Toronto, Canada, 1957.
Private collection.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York.
Private collection, Woodmere, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Gift to the present owner from the above.
Private collection.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York.
Private collection, Woodmere, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Gift to the present owner from the above.
Literature
(Probably) N.K. Anderson, C. Brock, Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2014, p. 73.
Further Details
The Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art confirms that this object is recorded in Betsy James Wyeth’s files.
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