Andrew Wyeth Memory and Magic

Name: Andrew Wyeth Memory and Magic
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ISBN: 9780847827718

ISBN-10: 0847827712

ISBN-13: 9780847827718

Edition: 2005

Authors: Anne Knutson, Kathleen Foster, Michael Taylor, Christopher Crosman, John Wilmerding

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Prior to the 1960s, Andrew Wyeth enjoyed a stellar reputation as a rising star in the art world. Since then, critics and scholars have largely ignored him. Wyeth, however, who is age 88 at the date of publication, has continued to paint, to the delight of his admirers, collectors, and the art-loving public. Now, in association with the High Museum exhibition, Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic takes a fresh look at the work of one of America's most beloved artists.In examining his entire oeuvre, the book celebrates the artist's ongoing love affair with everyday life-domestic, natural, and architectural. Found throughout Wyeth's work, these objects form patterns that illuminate core themes and…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/8/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 10.10" wide x 11.60" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.806
Language: English

John Wilmerding is Christopher Binyon Sarafim '86 Professor of American Art in the Department of Art and Archeology at Princeton University and visiting curator in the Department of American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.



Directors' Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Between Realism and Surrealism: The Early Work of Andrew Wyeth



Andrew Wyeth's Language of Things



Meaning and Medium in Wyeth's Art: Revisiting Groundhog Day



Betsy's World



Plates


Checklist of the Exhibition


Lenders to the Exhibition


Index