Letter to William Phelps, page one
DateJune 13, 1965
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary M. R. Phelps, 1968
Object number1968-24.1a
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextWyeth writes to William Phelps from Cushing, Maine:Here I am sitting on edge of the bed with Rattler sleeping like this. Every now and then he opens an eye to see what I am up to.
Wyeth writes to William Phelps from Crushing, Maine, "Here I am sitting on the edge of the bed with Rattler sleeping like this. Every now and then he opens an eye to see what I am up to." Like the letter sketch "Jamie in a Coonskin Cap", inspired a later painting titled "Master Bedroom (private collection). In the painitng, Wyeth portrays Rattler asleep in the peace of a vacant room rather than on the edge of a bed.
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