| Flood Plain | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Andrew Wyeth |
| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Tempera on panel |
| Dimensions | 62.2 cm× 121.9 cm(24 1⁄2 in× 48 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Flood Plain is a 1986 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. It depicts a part of the artist's family's land in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania in the winter, with patches of ice in the grass. In the foreground is a pile of hay with the remnants of an old hay wagon. Two icy wheel tracks lead to a mill and a granary in the background.
In his 1995 autobiography, Wyeth said about this painting that he "wanted to capture the clean-swept character of the beginning of the winter after the floods". [1]
The painting was acquired by the art dealer Frank E. Fowler and sold to the actor Charlton Heston in 1988. [2] Heston was a friend and promoter of Wyeth and owned several of his paintings. In 1991 he received Wyeth's study for Flood Plain as a Christmas gift from the artist. [3]
The painting was sold through Sotheby's in 2015 for 5,178,000 US dollars. The estimated value at the auction was 2,000,000—3,000,000 US dollars. [2]
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