Artist:
Andrew Wyeth
(American, 1917 - 2009)
Sitter:
Chris Sanderson
Portrait of Chris Sanderson
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: ca. 1939
Dimensions:
6 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (17.1 × 26.7 cm)
Accession number: 82.10
Copyright: © 2024 Wyeth Foundation for American Art / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Curatorial RemarksThis is a study drawn by Andrew Wyeth of his friend and neighbor, Chris Sanderson. Sanderson was known as Sandy to his friends and he always called Wyeth "the Boy." According to Wyeth, for some reason, perhaps as a joke, he wrote his name backwards.