Cooling Shed

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Cooling Shed

1953

Andrew Newell Wyeth (American, 1917–2009)

The corridor leading to a light-filled room in the springhouse of a neighboring farm inspired Andrew Wyeth to make this painting. The angles of the architecture, stone water basin, and metal buckets felt timeless to him. In his mind, their forms looked back to the Middle Ages and, at the same time, related to the geometric shapes of Cubism. As he wrote, "I was thrilled to find such abstraction in the every day."

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Object Details

Title:

Cooling Shed

Date:

1953

Artist:

Andrew Newell Wyeth (American, 1917–2009)

Medium:

Tempera on Masonite panel

Dimensions:

25 × 13 inches (63.5 × 33 cm) Framed: 31 × 18 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (78.7 × 47 × 7 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift of Frank A. Elliott, Josiah Marvel, and Jonathan H. Marvel in memory of Gwladys Hopkins Elliott, 1998

Accession Number:

1998-180-1

Geography:

Made in Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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