(American 1917-2009)

Undercover and Evening at Kuerner's Study, a double-sided work, 1970,signed lower left (Undercover) "Andrew Wyeth", watercolor and drybrush on a single sheet of paper,  sight 26 x 39 in.;  fine wood frame, 35 x 48-1/4 in.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; A Private Family Collection

Note: The Andrew & Betsy Wyeth Study Center of the Brandywine Museum of Art confirms that this object is recorded in Betsy James Wyeth’s files.

Exhibited: The Brandywine Heritage,  Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, June 18-October 17, 1971, illustrated; Japan, National Museum of Modern Art, Andrew Wyeth, April 6-June 30, 1974, illustrated. New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.; Williamstown, Massachusetts, Clark Art Institute, Second Williams College Alumni Loan Exhibition, April 1- June 13, 1976, illustrated. Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, Andrew Wyeth: In Southern Collections, February 1-March 31, 1978, illustrated. Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville Art Museum, Andrew Wyeth: Southern Collections, January 19-April 19, 1992, illustrated.

Literature: The Great American Nude: A History in Art, New York, W.H. Gerdts, 1974, illustrated page 192;. “Art in Asheville: Wyeth’s Works on Display,” Citizen Times, Asheville, North Carolina, February 12, 1978. “Wyeth on Exhibit: Son to Lead Tour,” Nashville Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, February 5, 1978; Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures, New York, J. Wilmerding, 1987, p. 25, illustrated; Andrew Wyeth : Master Drawings from the Artist’s Collection Adams, Henry, Andrew Wyeth, and Brandywine River Museum. 2006, Chadds Ford, Pa., Seattle, WA: Brandywine River Museum ; Distributed by University of Washington Press., page 62; Study for ‘Evening at Kuerner’s’ Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Art of Andrew Wyeth, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1973, p. 19, final painting illustrated. B.J. Wyeth, Wyeth at Kuerners, Boston, Massachusetts, 1976, p. 44, illustrated. “Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons,” Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. XXXIV, no. 2, New York, 1976, pp. 54-55, final painting referenced. A. Wyeth, T. Hoving, Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 90;  Unknown Terrain: The Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth, exhibition catalogue, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 1998, p. 160, no. 131; Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In, National Gallery of Art, , Washington, D.C., 2014, pp. 34-35, pl. 19; Frozen Lives : Karl and Anna Kuerner, Andrew Wyeth’s Iconic Couple, Streeter, LuLynne. 2017. . Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.