Andrew Wyeth 1917-2009

M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Acquired from the above, 1955 (probably)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1959 (on loan)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Andrew Wyeth: A Retrospective Exhibition of Temperas and Watercolors, November-December 1960
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, 1961 (on loan)
Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, n.d.
Islesboro, Maine, Islesboro Towne Hall, Dry Brush and Watercolors by Andrew Wyeth, July-August 1962
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, July-September 1965
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, Andrew Wyeth-Wyeth's World, An Exhibition of Watercolors, Temperas, and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth, September-November 1967
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, 1969 (on loan)

 

Henry C. Pitz, "Andrew Wyeth," American Artist, November 1958, pp. 26-33, 65-66, illustrated 

Good condition. Unframed: matburn along upper, right and left edges, paper buckles slightly.
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Wyeth painted Shed Lantern in a shed owned by Adam Johnson in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

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