Andrew Wyeth: Drawings and Watercolors (2016)

A NDREW W YETH

Drawings and Watercolors

A NDREW W YETH

Drawings and Watercolors

April 15 – May 29, 2016

I have the privilege of presenting this exhibition of drawings and watercolors by the renowned American artist, Andrew Wyeth, whose remarkable career commenced before WWII and continued into the first decade of the 21st century. This exhibition will be Boston’s first since the Museum of Fine Arts exhibited The Helga Pictures (1987-1988), after it’s comprehensive presentation in 1970, titled Andrew Wyeth . Our exhibition also marks the first commercial monographic showing of his work in Boston since the artist exhibited here as a young man at the venerable Doll and Richards Gallery in the 1940s and 1950s. We have selected thirteen drawings and thirteen watercolors that span five decades of the artist’s career. The subjects range from figure studies, including his most-famous model, Helga, to architecture, landscapes and still lives. Each work breathes its own character and gives insight into one of the most brilliant artistic minds of the 20th century. Many of the pieces have never been exhibited publicly until now. I hope you enjoy seeing the works as much as I have enjoyed selecting them.

Adam Adelson Director

Adelson Galleries Boston

Opposite: Study of Weeds, Study for Winter Fields , 1972. Detail ©Andrew Wyeth

Cover: Untitled (Helga looking from Afar) , 1979. Detail

Egg Hunt , 1988

Drybrush watercolor

30 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Winter , 1977

Watercolor on paper

13 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Blonde, The Study , 1985

Watercolor on paper

31 x 53 1/4 inches

Untitled , 1986

Pencil on paper

13 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Helga on the Path , 1972

Watercolor on paper

13 5/8 x 21 3/4 inches

Study of Weeds, Study for Winter Fields , 1972

Watercolor on paper

15 x 21 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Grindstone , 1981

Watercolor on paper

20 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Dudley Rockwell, Keeper of the Olson House

Pencil on paper

12 x 10 5/8 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Overflow Study, 1978

Pencil on paper

17 1/4 x 23 inches

On Her Knees Study, 1977

Pencil on paper

18 x 23 5/8 inches

Seated by a Tree , 1973

Watercolor on paper

27 7/8 x 21 1/2

Untitled (Helga Looking from Afar) , 1979

Watercolor on paper

20 x 27 1/8 inches

With Nell , 1973

Pencil on paper

14 x 22 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Housebound Study

Pencil on paper

13 3/8 x 16 1/8 inches

Housebound Study (Helga), 1986

Pencil on paper

16 1/8 x 13 3/8 inches

Hunter’s Ledge , 1988

Watercolor on paper

22 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

In the Orchard , 1973

16 7/8 x 20 7/8

Watercolor on paper

inches

Watercolor on paper

19 1/2 x 25 3/8 inches

Knapsack , 1977

Nogeeshik Study , 1972

Pencil on paper

13 x 10 1/2 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Heads Up (Study for Breezeway) , 1998

Watercolor on paper

15 7/9 x 19 1/4 inches

©Andrew Wyeth

Day Dream Study , 1980

Pencil on paper

10 x 13 1/4 inches

Asleep, 1975

Pencil on paper

9 x 11 3/4 inches

Asleep Study, 1974

Pencil on paper

11 3/4 x 9 inches

Asleep Study, 1976

Pencil on paper

16 x 19 3/4 inches

Black Velvet (assoc. with #46 drybrush), 1972

Pencil on paper

18 x 23 3/4 inches

Black Velvet (assoc. with #46 drybrush), 1972

21 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches

Watercolor and pencil on paper

Asleep, 1975

Pencil on paper

9 x 11 3/4 inches

Dudley Rockwell

Keeper of the Olson House

Pencil on paper

12 x 10 5/8 inches

Asleep Study, 1974

Pencil on paper

11 3/4 x 9 inches

Asleep Study, 1976

Pencil on paper

16 x 19 3/4 inches

Black Velvet (assoc. with #46 drybrush), 1972

Pencil on paper

18 x 23 3/4 inches

Black Velvet (assoc. with #46 drybrush), 1972

Watercolor and pencil on paper

21 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches

Blonde, The Study , 1985

Watercolor on paper

31 x 53 1/4 inches

Day Dream Study , 1980

Pencil on paper

10 x 13 1/4 inches

Egg Hunt , 1988

Drybrush watercolor

30 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches

Grindstone , 1981

Watercolor on paper

20 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches

Heads Up (Study for Breezeway) , 1998

Watercolor on paper

15 7/9 x 19 1/4 inches

Helga on the Path , 1972

Watercolor on paper

13 5/8 x 21 3/4 inches

Housebound Study

Pencil on paper

13 3/8 x 16 1/8 inches

Housebound Study (Helga), 1986

Pencil on paper

16 1/8 x 13 3/8 inches

Hunter’s Ledge , 1988

Watercolor on paper

22 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches

In the Orchard , 1973

Watercolor on paper

16 7/8 x 20 7/8 inches

Knapsack , 1977

Watercolor on paper

19 1/2 x 25 3/8 inches

Nogeeshik Study , 1972

Pencil on paper

13 x 10 1/2 inches

On Her Knees Study, 1977

Pencil on paper

18 x 23 5/8 inches

Overflow Study, 1978

Pencil on paper

17 1/4 x 23 inches

Seated by a Tree , 1973

Watercolor on paper

27 7/8 x 21 1/2

Study of Weeds

wStudy for Winter Fields , 1972

Watercolor on paper

15 x 21 inches

Untitled , 1986

Pencil on paper

13 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches

Untitled (Helga Looking from Afar) , 1979

Watercolor on paper

20 x 27 1/8 inches

With Nell , 1973

Pencil on paper

14 x 22 inches

Winter , 1977

Watercolor on paper

13 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches

©Andrew Wyeth