Lot 4
Lot 4
Property from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sold to Benefit the Museum
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Prevailing Wind

Price Realised USD 93,750
Estimate
USD 50,000 - USD 70,000
Closed: 7 Aug 2020
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Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)

Prevailing Wind

Price Realised USD 93,750
Closed: 7 Aug 2020
Price Realised USD 93,750
Closed: 7 Aug 2020
Details
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
Prevailing Wind
signed 'Andrew Wyeth' (lower left)
watercolor and pencil on paper
2158 x 2934 in. (54.9 x 75.6 cm.)
Executed in 1951.
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
William E. Scott Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, acquired from the above, 1954.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1963.
Literature
"Winds," Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 1952, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Watercolors from the American Water Color Society, March 25-April 5, 1952, illustrated.
Montclair, New Jersey, Montclair Art Museum, Artist Families, February 8-28, 1953.
Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth Art Museum, Selections from Fort Worth Collections, May 21-26, 1963, illustrated.
Fort Worth, Texas, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, The William E. Scott Collection, December 8-31, 1963, illustrated.
Tyler, Texas, Tyler Museum of Art; El Paso, Texas, El Paso Museum of Art, The Wyeths Across Texas, September 7, 2012-April 28, 2013, illustrated.
Brought to you by
William Haydock
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