Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917–2009) The Johnson Place

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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists

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Dec 5, 2021

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• Lot Description
  Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917–2009) The Johnson Place

  Signed 'ANDREW WYETH' bottom left; also dedicated and signed 'To Mrs. Seal who tried to/teach me something/Warmest regards, Andy' bottom right; also inscribed with title verso, pen and ink wash with elements of drybrush technique on paper laid down to board
  Sheet size: 14 5/8 x 25 1/2 in. (37.1 x 64.8cm)
  Executed in 1939.
  In its original frame.

  
  
  

  Provenance

  The Artist.
  A gift from the above.
  Collection of Estelle Seal, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
  By descent in the family.
  Private Collection, Naples, Florida.

  
  
  Footnote:

  Exhibited

  "Exhibition of the Work of Andrew Wyeth," St. Andrew's School, Middletown, Delaware, April 1-22, 1940, no. 72.

  "Drawings by Andrew Wyeth," Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 1941.

  "Water Colors (sic) and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth," Baldwin Galleries, Wilmington, Delaware, February 1941.

  Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (on long-term loan from 2004-2010).

  Note

  This panoramic view of a outstretched farm in winter depicts Adam Johnson's house, a frequent model, farmer and Andrew Wyeth's neighbor in Chadds Ford. The small figure of a boy at left was living with Johnson by the time the work was completed, at dusk.

  
  
  Condition report:

  Frame: 23 1/2 x 34 x 1 in.

  In overall good condition. The sheet is laid down to a piece of board on the back, and the mat sealed on top. When the latter is removed, one can inspect the full sheet and its outer edges. With mat staining along the outer edges of the work (a 0 1/8 to 0 1/2 recess band from the actual borders of the sheet). With some faint air bubbles (ripples) in the paper at center left, upper and upper right (all in the sky) as well as at bottom right (to the left of the dedication in the snow), most likely due to the process of laying the work down. With two faint rust-colored vertical lines visible in the sky above the house at upper center and at upper center left, and with minor surface soiling in the sky at upper right (and in the covered margin along the right outer edge of the sheet). With remnants of old tape along the top of the left outer edge of the sheet (covered by the mat). Otherwise no evidence of repairs or restoration.

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