Letter to William Phelps, page one
DateJuly 16, 1956
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (26.7 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary M. R. Phelps, 1968
Object number1968-33b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsARCHIVAL MATERIAL
Label TextWyeth refers to his family's summer home in Port Clyde, named for Winslow Homer's painting Eight Bells. The phrase signified the end of one watch and the beginning of another.