His Boot print from an original dry brush watercolor on paper (1951) by Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917 - 2009)
Highlights
- Professionally framed in light brown wood frame with beige fabric mat by Chadds Ford Gallery, Chadds Ford PA
- Includes hanging hardware and is ready to hang
- Signed in the Print/Plate lower left
Details
- Image Size: 11 x 14 inches
- Paper Size:
- Frame Size: 18 x 20 x 1 inches
- Medium: Paper
- Edition: Open Edition
Comments
- His Boot is a print of an original dry brush watercolor on paper (1951) by Andrew Wyeth
- The scene depicts an old boot half buried in sand on a beach sand dune in Teels Island, Maine
Condition (Please see grading guide below)
- Overall: Very Good
- Content: Excellent
- Frame: Very Good (Some dents, dings, scuffs and scratches; new dust cover; Gallery label affixed; hanging hardware attached and ready to hang)
Artist Bio
- Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) is recognized as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. For more than seven decades he painted the regions of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he was born, and mid-coast Maine, where he spent most of his summer months.
- Wyeth was the youngest of five children of N.C. Wyeth. At age fifteen he began several years of intensive artistic training under his father, who encouraged Andrew to work as both an illustrator and painter. His career as a watercolorist was launched in 1937, when the artist’s first one-man show at Macbeth Gallery in New York drew critical acclaim.
- In addition to achievements in watercolor, Andrew Wyeth became a master of egg tempera, a medium introduced to him in 1936 by his brother-in-law, artist Peter Hurd. Egg tempera is an ancient painting method that blends dry pigments with egg yolk and distilled water. In contrast to the spontaneity and translucency of watercolor, tempera is a time-consuming process of mixing and painting in layers that yields opaque, lustrous color and richly varied surfaces.
- Wyeth was an astute observer who once noted that meaning “is hiding behind the mask of truth” in his work. He freely manipulated his subjects, transforming them in order to evoke memories, ideas, and emotions. Through a process of reduction and selection, he created mysterious undercurrents in his landscapes, interiors, and portraits.
References
Brandywine Museum of Art
Grading Guide
Notes:
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Scale:
- Excellent: No damage or issues barely perceptible from close viewing distance and bright lighting conditions
- Very Good: Issues visible from close viewing distance and normal lighting conditions
- Good: Issues visible from normal viewing distance and lighting conditions but do NOT significantly detract from the overall look of the work
- Fair: Issues that are immediately apparent from normal viewing distance and lighting conditions AND significantly detract from the overall look of the work
- Poor: Severe condition issues that require repair and some may be beyond repair
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