Andrew Wyeth American, 1917-2009
In the Orchard, 1979
Watercolor on paper
16⅞ x 20⅞ inches
42.9 x 53 cm
42.9 x 53 cm
Signed at lower right: Andrew Wyeth
The Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art confirms that this object is recorded in Betsy James Wyeth’s files.
The Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art confirms that this object is recorded in Betsy James Wyeth’s files.
Provenance
The artist; toLeonard E. B. Andrews, Pennsylvania, 1986;
Private collection, Japan, 1989; to
The present owner, 2005
Exhibitions
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; The Brooklyn Museum; Seibu Pisa Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Tsukashin Hall, Amagasaki, Japan; Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima City, Japan; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan; Museum of Modern Art, Seibu Takanawa, Karuizawa, Japan; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; and Saitama Museum of Modern Art, Urawa, Japan, Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures, 1987-1990, no. 25Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, The Helga Pictures: Then and Now, 1992-1993
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; San Diego Museum of Art, California; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; and the New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, Andrew Wyeth-The Helga Pictures, 1996-1997
Naples Museum, Florida, Andrew Wyeth & Family: N.C., Andrew & Jamie, January 21-May 14, 2006
Adelson Galleries, New York, Andrew Wyeth: Helga on Paper, November 3-December 22, 2006, no. 10, illus. in color, p. 31
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Andrew Wyeth: An American Legend, June 12-September 5, 2010
YUAN Space, Beijing, China; Hong Kong Exhibition Center, Hong Kong; and Christie's, New York, Andrew Wyeth in China, April-September, 2012
Adelson Galleries, Boston, Drawings and Watercolors, April 15-May 29, 2016
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, Wyeth Wonderland: Joséphine Douet Envisions Andrew Wyeth's World, February 25-May 14, 2017
Literature
John Wilmerding, Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1987, no. 25, pp. 194, 49, illus. in color, pl. 25David F. Setford, "Reevaluating Andrew Wyeth," Antiques & Fine Art, June 2010, pp. 170-173
John A. Parks, "Memory & Myth: The Paintings of Andrew Wyeth," American Artist, October 2010, pp. 60-67 illus. in color
