Toll Rope
Date1951
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
MediumTempera on Masonite™ panel
Dimensions29 × 11 1/4 in. (73.7 × 28.6 cm)
frame: 33 7/8 × 16 1/2 in. (86 × 41.9 cm)
frame: 33 7/8 × 16 1/2 in. (86 × 41.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William Worth, 1977
Object number1977-351
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextWyeth described the subject: "I remember that day I lifted the door leading to the bell tower. I saw the small patch of blue sky; everything else was dark, except for that blue of the New England sky and the decorative ornament on the outside of the tower painted white. I like the contrast of the painted ornament which was so like Maine, clean and painted white, with the interior of the bell tower, which was dark, unpainted wood."