First Snow
Date1959
Artist
Andrew Wyeth
(American painter, 1917–2009)
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions13 1/8 × 21 1/8 in. (33.3 × 53.7 cm)
frame: 22 3/4 × 30 1/4 in. (57.8 × 76.8 cm)
frame: 22 3/4 × 30 1/4 in. (57.8 × 76.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Phelps, 1964
Object number1964-12
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis painting depicts Kuerners' Farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The Kuerners were neighbors of Andrew Wyeth, and this is one of several studies for the painting Groundhog Day (at the Philadelphia Museum of Art), which depicts this scene glimpsed through the window of the the house.
