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Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Lot 61 Property from an Important Private Collector

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Five and a Half and Study for 'Oliver's Cap': A Double-Sided Work

Closed21 November 2017

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Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Five and a Half and Study for 'Oliver's Cap': A Double-Sided Work
Five and a Half, signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (upper right)
watercolor on paper
28 ¼ x 22 in. (71.8 x 55.9 cm.), sight size of both sides
Executed in 1981.

Private collection, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1982.
Gallerie Iida, Tokyo, Japan, 1984.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

This work will be included in Betsy James Wyeth's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.

Five and a Half depicts the artist's studio window in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, with Ben Loper's corn-cutting knife and apples resting on the sill. The same window is also seen in watercolors such as Willard's Coat (1968, Collection of Jane Wyeth), Willard's Lunch (1968), Corn Cutting Knife (1957, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas), Saracen Helmet (1981) and Frostbitten (1962, Private Collection).