Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic

Knutson, Anne Classen

ISBN 10: 0847827712 / ISBN 13: 9780847827718

Published by Rizzoli, New York, 2005

About this Item

Large format hardcover with dustjacket, exhibition catalogue book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, the jacket has edge-wear at bottom of spine and some mild surface-rubbing, the jacket is clean and attractive overall, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "looks at the sweep of Wyeth's entire career, seeking patterns, echoes, elaborations, shifts, epiphanies," features more than 150 Wyeth paintings, watercolors, and drawings ; ; 223 pages.

Seller Inventory # 052100

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic
• Publisher: Rizzoli, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847827712
• ISBN 13: 9780847827718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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 reveal the artist wrestling with issues of memory, temporality, embodiment, and the metaphysical. Organized chronologically and thematically, the book explores how the artist's approach to these subjects was formed in his early career, and has been revisited in new and surprising ways in recent years.Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic comprises 150 tempera paintings and 50 drawings and watercolors-including his most-famous works, but also many published here for the first time.

About the Author

Anne Knutson is guest curator for the exhibition Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic. Kathleen A. Foster is the Robert L. McNeill, Jr. Curator of American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.Michael R. Taylor is Associate Curator and Acting Head of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Christopher Crosman is Director of the William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.John Wilmerding is the Christopher B. Sarofim Professor of American Art at Princeton University.