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Close Encounter
Andrew Wyeth
(American, 1917 - 2009)

Close Encounter

Watercolor on paper
2006
16 1/2 × 29 3/4 in. (41.9 × 75.6 cm)
m5050
Wyeth Foundation for American Art Collection
Not on view
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The encounter on Freshwater Cliff
The encounter on Freshwater Cliff
N.C. Wyeth
1920
The Midnight Encounter   Despiteful and terrible were the blows they gave and took by the moonlight.  Agrican fought in a rage, Orlando was cooler
The Midnight Encounter Despiteful and terrible were the blows they gave and took by the moonlight. Agrican fought in a rage, Orlando was cooler
N.C. Wyeth
1924
And there, quite close to him, was Elizabeth among her ladies, in a dressing gown, unpainted, without her wig, her gray hair hanging in wisps about her face, and her eyes starting from her head.
And there, quite close to him, was Elizabeth among her ladies, in a dressing gown, unpainted, without her wig, her gray hair hanging in wisps about her face, and her eyes starting from her head.
N.C. Wyeth
1928
The pale, moonlit city lay all about us in a ghostly circle.  Mosulla and I had never been so close in spirit
The pale, moonlit city lay all about us in a ghostly circle. Mosulla and I had never been so close in spirit
N.C. Wyeth
1923
Thereafter she clung close about Randver
Thereafter she clung close about Randver
Howard Pyle
1910
The Body Was Found Close to the Stable with a Bullet in His Back
The Body Was Found Close to the Stable with a Bullet in His Back
Anna Whelan Betts
ca. 1899
The Kuerners
The Kuerners
Andrew Wyeth
1971
Mill Pond
Mill Pond
Andrew Wyeth
1986
Nicker
Nicker
Andrew Wyeth
1995
Night Cap
Night Cap
Andrew Wyeth
1978
Sunday Times
Sunday Times
Andrew Wyeth
1987
Fast Lane
Fast Lane
Andrew Wyeth
1987

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