Sea Dog

Artist Andrew Wyeth American, 1917–2009

Date1971

MediumTempera on composition board

Dimensions28 x 24 in. (71.1 x 61 cm)
Frame: 36 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (93.3 x 81.9 x 8.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.

Object numberG.74.26.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCreated Chadd’s Ford, PA, or Cushing, ME, 1971; Sold through Frank E. Fowler (Wyeth's agent) to David R. Edgerton, Jr., South Miami, FL, 1972; sold through Frank E. Fowler to R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc., for the NCMA, 1974.

Published References"Recent Acquisitions" (exhibition catalogue), North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 13, nos. 1 and 2 (1975), no. 11, illus. (color) pl. 1.

"Biennial Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 13, no. 3 (1976), listed 26.

North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1983/1984), illus. (b-w) cover.

Howard Pyle & The Wyeths: Four Generations of American Imagination (exhibition brochure) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1984) discussed & illus. (b-w).

Melissa Clement, "Portraits tell stories of people's inner, outer lives," Fayetteville Observer Times (July 17, 1998), 22.

Jolyn Key, "Taking It a Step Beyond: Fayetteville Museum of Arts Beyond Likeness Exibit [sic]," Up & Coming Magazine (July 22-August 4, 1998), 17, illus. (b-w).

Ken Smith, "As I See It," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (March/April 1999), 28, illus. (b-w).

Anne Classen Knutson, et al, Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic (exhibition catalogue) (Atlanta and Philadelphia: High Museum of Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli, 2005), illus. (color) 176.

Timothy J. Standring, Wyeth: Andrew & Jamie in the Studio (exhibition catalogue) (New Haven and London: Yale University Press for Denver Art Museum), cat. no. 36, mentioned 67, illus. (color) 70, listed and illus. (color) 201.

Jhari Derr-Hill, “Shared Experience: Paintings by Andrew Wyeth,” in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 2009), 10–11, illus. (color) 11.
Exhibition HistoryTokyo, Japan, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, "Works of Andrew Wyeth," April 6-May 19, 1974; Kyoto, Japan, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, May 25-June 30, 1974, no. 80, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions," November 23, 1975-February 1, 1976, no. 11, illus. (color) opp. p. 1.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Howard Pyle and The Wyeths:Four Generations of American Imagination," February 4-April 1, 1984, supplement to exhibition organized by the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "Methods of the Masters: Techniques in Art," October 2, 1986-August 30, 1987, no. 2.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "Facets of Faces: Functions of Portraits," September 1, 1989-September2, 1990.

Hickory, NC, The Hickory Museum of Art, "Beyond Likeness:Contemporary Considerations of the Portrait," November 1-December 31, 1997; Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, April 30-June 28, 1998; Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, July 11-August 30, 1998; Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, September 17, 1998-January 2, 1999; Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, January 14-February 28, 1999, brochure.

Atlanta, GA, The High Museum of Art, "Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic," November 12, 2005-February 26, 2006; Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 25-July 16, 2006, illus. (color) 176.

Denver, CO, Denver Art Museum, “Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio,” November 8, 2015–February 7, 2016, cat. no. 36, illus. (color).
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