Letter to William and Mary Phelps, page two
DateFebruary 23, 1961
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (26.4 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary M. R. Phelps, 1968
Object number1968-32.1b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsARCHIVAL MATERIAL
Label TextHere Wyeth depicts a chestnut stump he saw as he ascends a hill and turns toward the right on his daily walk. He writes in his letter of the unexpected beauty brought by a sudden warm spell on this February morning, after a "real Chadds Ford winter."
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