Lot 85
  • 85

Andrew Wyeth

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Andrew Wyeth
  • Low Tide
  • signed Andrew Wyeth and titled Maine Coast Early Morning (lower right)
  • watercolor on paper
  • 18 by 22 inches
  • (45.7 by 55.9 cm)
  • Executed in 1938.

Provenance

Collection of Andrew & Betsy Wyeth, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1938
Private Collection, c. 1940 (gift of the artist)
By descent in the family of the above (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 2003, lot 63)
Owen Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Boston, Massachusetts, Doll & Richards, Water Colors by Andrew Wyeth, October 24 - November 5, 1938, no. 40
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McClees Galleries, Water Colors by Andrew Wyeth, November 14 - 26, 1938, no. 38
Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair Art Museum, Three Woman Exhibition and Water Colors by Andrew Wyeth, October 5 - October 22, 1939, no. 43
Owen Gallery, American Paintings from Private Collections, April 17 - June 12, 2004
Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Andrew Wyeth: American Master, January 26 - April 17, 2005

Literature

Owen Gallery, American Paintings from Private Collections, New York, 2004, illustrated
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Andrew Wyeth: American Master, Boca Raton, Florida, 2005, illustrated

Condition

Generally in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Low Tide depicts Mosquito Island off the coast of Tenants Harbor, Maine.