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The Corner

Date1953

Illustration Citation"The Four Seasons" Dry-brush drawings by Andrew Wyeth and text by Anthony Bower, What is American in American Art, Jean Lipman, ed. (New York: Art in America, 1963): 119.

MediumDry-brush and watercolor on paper

Dimensions13 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (34.3 × 54.6 cm)
frame: 23 1/4 × 30 3/8 in. (59.1 × 77.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Phelps, 1964

Object number1964-11

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Label TextThe octagonal building in the foreground, built as a Quaker schoolhouse, was later taken over by Mother Archie, a spiritual leader of the Chadds Ford African-American community. Abandoned in 1945, the buildings fell into disrepair. Before they were torn down in 1953, Wyeth tried without success to buy them.