Harvard Art Museums > 1979.243: Lightning Rod, for "Northern Point" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lightning Rod, for "Northern Point" (Andrew Wyeth) , 1979.243,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309194. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1979.243 People Andrew Wyeth, American (Chadds Ford PA 1917 - 2009 Chadds Ford PA) Title Lightning Rod, for "Northern Point" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1950 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309194 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions actual: 55.9 x 38 cm (22 x 14 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: blue ballpoint, l.r.: AW inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: sky and water quite down in key / small glint on lightning rod globe brightest / spot / roof down deep in tone label: back of old frame (now lost), paper: Exhibition label(?): [Per curatorial file:] The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum No. 522.63-- Gift of A. Wyeth 1962 to Mr. and Mrs. Hofer, Cambridge, MA. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Andrew Wyeth, gift; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1962, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1979. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer Copyright © Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1979 Object Number 1979.243 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Sidney Simon and Emily S. Rauh, 20th Century Master Drawings, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1963), no. 123 Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 50, p. 58, repr. 129 Exhibition History Andrew Wyeth: Dry Brush and Pencil Drawings, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/14/1963 - 02/28/1963; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 03/13/1963 - 04/27/1963; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 05/13/1963 - 06/16/1963; William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, 07/18/1963 - 09/02/1963 20th Century Master Drawings, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 11/06/1963 - 01/05/1964; University of Minnesota Art Gallery, Minneapolis, 02/03/1964 - 03/15/1964; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/06/1964 - 05/24/1964 Andrew Wyeth: temperas, watercolors, dry brush, drawings, 1938 into 1966, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 10/05/1966 - 11/27/1966; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 12/11/1966 - 01/27/1967; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 02/06/1967 - 04/12/1967; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 04/21/1967 - 06/04/1967 Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, 04/15/1984 - 07/07/1984; Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1984 - 11/29/1984 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
