In the Orchard
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In the Orchard
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(1917 - 2009)
Date1982
MediumPencil on paper
Dimensions11 x 13 3/4 in. (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Framed: 21 3/4 x 24 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (55.2 x 61.6 x 4.1 cm)
Framed: 21 3/4 x 24 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (55.2 x 61.6 x 4.1 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.17
Signedl.l., in pencil: A. Wyeth
Accession number
2006.17
On View
Not on viewLabel TextFinely defined facial features—eyes, nose, mouth, jawline—emerge from a thicket of wispy lines that trace the figure’s hair and shoulders. The sketchy, garbled strokes surrounding the head almost define the space at times, but mostly remain in the world of nebulous abstraction.
