The Corner
Date1953
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
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)
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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
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. 
