Inscription: Signed (lower left, in watercolor): AW
the artist, Chadds Ford, Penn. (from 1969; probably on consignment in 1970 to Coe Kerr Gallery, New York; sold to Payson); Joan Whitney Payson, New York (until d. 1975; her bequest to MMA)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Andrew Wyeth," July 17–September 6, 1970, no. 96 (lent anonymously).
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. "From Goya to Wyeth: The Joan Whitney Payson Collection," September 13–October 12, 1980, no. 83.
Tokyo. Isetan Museum of Art. "From Goya to Wyeth: The Joan Whitney Payson Collection," October 17–December 9, 1980, no. 83.
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. "Andrew Wyeth from Public and Private Collections," January 12–February 28, 1983, unnumbered cat. (p. 49).
Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Art Museum. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–April 21, 1985, unnumbered cat. (p. 159).
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 5–June 30, 1985, unnumbered cat.
New York. National Academy of Design. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," July 16–September 1, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Evanston, Ill. Terra Museum of American Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 15–November 10, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 12, 1985–January 19, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–March 30, 1986, unnumbered cat.
St. Paul. Minnesota Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 20–June 8, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Tokyo. Bunkamura Museum of Art. "Andrew Wyeth: Emotion and Creation," November 8–December 23, 2008, no. 108.
Nagoya. Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. "Andrew Wyeth: Emotion and Creation," January 4–March 8, 2009, no. 108.
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art. "Andrew Wyeth: Emotion and Creation," March 17–May 10, 2009, no. 108.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Facing the Figure: Selected Works from the Collection, 1962–2007," May 28–September 6, 2010, no catalogue.
Frederick A. Sweet. Andrew Wyeth. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, 1970, p. 137, no. 96, ill.
John Canaday. "Wyeth: His Nostalgia for a Vanished America Is Still a Best Seller." New York Times (July 26, 1970), p. 79, ill.
François Daulte. From Goya to Wyeth: The Joan Whitney Payson Collection. Exh. cat., Kyoto Municipal Museum. Tokyo, 1980, unpaginated, no. 83, ill. (color).
Lowery Stokes Sims. The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Jacksonville Art Museum. New York, 1984, pp. 143, 158–59, ill.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15.
Michael Brenson. "Back in the City, a Display of the Figure in Modern Art." New York Times (August 2, 1985), p. C21.
Andrew Wyeth (American, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania 1917–2009 Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania)
1952
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