Andrew Newell Wyeth (American, 1917-2009) Study for Barracoon, 1972 Pencil on paper 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61.0 cm) (sheet) Signed lower right: A. Wyeth PROVENANCE: The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1972; Collection of Leonard E.B. Andrew, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 1986; Private collection, Tokyo, Japan, 1989; Pacific Sun Trading Company, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 2005; Private collection, Toms River, New Jersey, 2006; Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 3, 2018, lot 76 (sold as a pair with another Barracoon study); Private collection, acquired from the above. EXHIBITED: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, "Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures," May 24-September 27, 1987; Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, "A Collector's Passion: Three Generations of Wyeth Art, 1938-2004," March 19-21, 2007; Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, Colorado, "Andrew Wyeth: A Survey," October 30-November 20, 2015. LITERATURE: J. Wilmerding, Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures, New York, 1987, p. 112, no. 128, illustrated; J.H. Stoner, West Long Branch, New Jersey, A Collector's Passion: Three Generations of Wyeth Art, 1938-2004, exhibition catalogue, 2007, n.p. We are grateful for the generous assistance of Mary Adam Landa, Wyeth Collection Manager, The Office of Andrew Wyeth LLC, for providing valuable information from the Wyeth archives, indispensable to the cataloguing of the present work, which will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work. HID03101062020 © 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

Framed under acrylic. Hinged to backing board with archival corners. Mild mat burn along the upper and lower edge of the sheet. Scattered handling creases throughout. Left edge appears to have been removed from a bound sketchbook, with some small associated spots of tearing, not visible in current framing.
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