Letter to William Phelps, page one

© Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph and digital image © Delawar…
© Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Letter to William Phelps, page one
© Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Letter to William Phelps, page one

DateJuly 16, 1956
Artist (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 view
ClassificationsARCHIVAL 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.