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Jamie Wyeth b.1946
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- Jamie Wyeth
- Moon Landing
- signed James Wyeth, l.r.
- oil on canvas
- 29 by 43 1/2 in.
- (73.7 by 110.5 cm)
- Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Coe Kerr Galleries, New York
Amanda K. Berls and Ruth A. Yerion, New York
Acquired from the above, circa 1985
Amanda K. Berls and Ruth A. Yerion, New York
Acquired from the above, circa 1985
Exhibited
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, The Brandywine Heritage, June-October 1971, illustrated
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, James Wyeth: Recent Paintings, November 1974-January 1975
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, The Collection of Amanda K. Berls and Ruth A. Yerion, January-March 1980
Literature
James A. Michener, The Quality of Life, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1970, illustrated in color
Jamie Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Boston, Massachusetts, 1980, illustrated in color p. 136
Condition
Very good condition, unlined, small area of isolated cracking in sky at upper right.
Under UV: fine.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
According to Mary Beth Dolan, in Moon Landing "a ship's bollard sits in the shadow of the moon. The bollard, over which thick ropes were looped to secure a large boat to a wharf, belonged to the ship D.T. Sheriden, a cargo ship that shipwrecked on the southern point of Monhegan Island in 1938. The artist had the bollards brought to a rocky area in front of his house on the island." Jamie Wyeth later stated in 2008: "I painted this after my visit to Cape Kennedy imagining that this was the surface of the moon and earth was in the distance - the bollard appeared like the 'lunar lander.'"