Mussels, Study for Little Caldwell's Island
Date1940
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
MediumInk and watercolor on paper
Dimensions13 x 17 in. (33 x 43.2 cm)
frame: 21 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 1 in. (55.2 x 65.4 x 2.5 cm)
frame: 21 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 1 in. (55.2 x 65.4 x 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Phelps, 1964
Object number1964-19
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextA simple cluster of mussels becomes the focus of an entire composition. Wyeth’s biographer, Richard Meryman writes of his “core gift of finding complexity within simplicity.”
