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End of Olsons

End of Olsons

1969
(American, 1917–2009)
America
tempera on panel
Unframed: 46.5 x 49.5 cm (18 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Promised Gift of Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley 22.2020
© Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: 226B American Modern

Did You Know?

The Olson house in Cushing, Maine, made famous by Wyeth, is a National Historical Landmark.

Description

A prominent realist painter during the modern era, Wyeth focused on rural themes throughout his long career. End of Olsons is the final painting he produced at the rustic Maine home of Alvaro and Anna Christina Olson, siblings he befriended for more than 20 years. The brother and sister had died recently, and Wyeth’s composition presents the abandoned house accompanied by a pair of swallows soon to depart for the winter.
  • 1969
    (Coe Gallery, New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Levine)
    1969-1979
    Mr.Joseph E. Levine [1905-1987] and Mrs. Joseph E. Levine [1938-1987], Greenwich, CT, sold to Arthur and Holly Magill
    by 1979-1990
    Arthur and Holly Magill, Greenville, SC. sold to a Private Collection
    1990-
    Private Collection
    Corporate Collection Japan
    2000
    (Sotheby's New York, NY, November 25, 2000, no. 105, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
    2000-
    Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, promised gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Saenger, Peter. "A Bold Collection in Cleveland," Wall Street Journal, July 30-31, 2022. Mentioned and illustrated, P. C14.
    Brown, Heather Lemonedes, ed. The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, exh. cat.(Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022). Mentioned PP. 15, 18, 20, 182, 274-75; Reproduced P. 183.
    McCord, David M., Frederick A. Sweet, and Carl Zahn. Andrew Wyeth. Boston, MA : Museum of Fine Arts, 1970. Reproduced: p. 161, no. 168
    Corn, Wanda M. The Art of Andrew Wyeth. Greenwich, CT: Published for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco by the New York Graphic Society, 1973. Reproduced: p. 43; Mentioned: p. 109, 152
    Hoving, Thomas. Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons. Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 34 (Fall, 1976). Mentioned: p. 158; Reproduced: p. 160
    Greenville County Museum of Art. Works by Andrew Wyeth: From the Holly and Arthur Magill Collection : on Loan to the Greenville County Museum of Art. Greenville, SC.: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1979. Reproduced: p. 27
    Betsy James Wyeth. Christina's World: Paintings and Pre-Studies of Andrew Wyeth. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
    Venn, Beth, Andrew Wyeth, Adam D. Weinberg, and Michael G. Kammen. Unknown Terrain: The Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth. New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1998. Reproduced: no. 157
    Knutson, Anne Classen, Christopher Crosman, Kathleen A. Foster, Michael R. Taylor, and Andrew Wyeth. Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic. Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art, 2005. Mentioned: p. 20, 118; Reproduced: p. 22
    Bijutsukan, Aichi-ken, and Fukushima Bijutsukan. Andew Wyeth: Emotion and Creation. Nagoya, Japan : Aichikenbijutsukan, 2008. Reproduced: p. 90
  • Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
    Unknown Terrain: The Landscapes of Andrew Wyeth. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (May 28 - August 30, 1998).
    Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography. Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan (February 3 – April 2, 1995); Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (April 15 – June 4, 1995); Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima City, Japan (June 6 – July 16, 1995); Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO (September 24 – November 26, 1995).
    Works by Andrew Wyeth from the Holly and Arthur Magill Collection. Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, NC (September 11, 1979 - on extended loan).
    Andrew Wyeth in Facsimile. United Bank of Denver, Denver, CO (1977).
    Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: Kuerners and Olsons. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (October 16, 1976 - February 6, 1977).
    Andrew Wyeth. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (1970).
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