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| (c) Andrew Wyeth |
◧ Artist: Andrew Wyeth (1917 - 2009)
◧ Country: USA
◧ Title: [Wind from the Sea]
◧ Medium: Tempera on hardboard
◧ Painting Size: 47 x 70 cm (18-1/2" x 27-9/16")
◧ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
◧ Country: USA
◧ Title: [Wind from the Sea]
◧ Medium: Tempera on hardboard
◧ Painting Size: 47 x 70 cm (18-1/2" x 27-9/16")
◧ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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◧ Country of Stamp Issue: USA◧ Date of Issue: July 12, 2017◧ Face Value: Forever◧ Issued to commemorate a centennial of Andrew Wyeth's birth
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[Wind from the Sea], painted a year before [Christina's World], captures a moment on a hot summer day when Wyeth opened the seldom used window in an attic room.
The picture is eerily alive with movement as the wind blows the curtains into the room. The tattered, transparent fabric is light and airy, with small embroidered birds along the edges that seem ready to dart into the house. In contrast, the sun-bleached wooden window sill looks sturdy and solid. The interior of the room is dim, while the landscape beyond the open window is stark and bright.
The tree-lined view includes no figures, but as in so many other works by Wyeth, a strong sense of their presence is evident. Two well-worn tire tracks running across the dirt lead the viewer's eye toward the sea in the distance. The close vantage point and the tightly cropped window frame at the edge of the painting create the illusion that the viewer is actually looking out a window. (painting description excerpt from National Gallery of Art)
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