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Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

Andrew Wyeth

Waves of the Sea

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November 21, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Bid

22,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

Andrew Wyeth

1917 - 2009


Waves of the Sea

signed Andrew Wyeth (lower right)

watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board

14 ¾ by 22 ½ in.

37.5 by 57.2 cm.

Executed in 1936.


The Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art confirms that this object is recorded in Betsy James Wyeth’s files.

Associated American Artists, New York (acquired in 1937)

Private Collection

Country Store Gallery, Inc., Austin (acquired in 1972)

Private Collection

Sotheby's New York, 25 May 1995, lot 212 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

New York, Associated American Artists, 1937

William Pahlmann, "In an Era of Pop and Op, Why Is Andrew Wyeth a Hit?" Maine Digest, 1 July 1968, p. 64