Live Auction 17661American Art
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Lot 24 The Ron and Diane Disney Miller Collection

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Thawing

Closed20 November 2019

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Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Thawing
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
mixed media on paper
15 x 21 ½ in. (38.1 x 54.6 cm.)
Executed in 1958.

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Private collection, Locust Valley, New York, acquired from the above, 1959.
Christie's, New York, 5 December 1986, lot 359, sold by the above.
Ira Spanierman Gallery, New York, acquired from the above.
Joanne Lyon Gallery, Inc., Aspen, Colorado.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1987.

Specialist note


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

The present work depicts a hay pile behind Adam Johnson's house in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and looking toward Keurner Hill. Johnson and his farm were the subjects of Wyeth's works for many years.