Alvaro's Hayrack
Object Detail
Artist
Date
1958
Media
Watercolor on paper
Measurements
11 x 24 1/4 inches (unframed)
18 1/8 x 31 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches (framed)
18 1/8 x 31 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches (framed)
Classification
Subject Category
Landscape
Work
Work
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1960.1194
Accession No
60.1194
Context
Wyeth’s watercolor shows Alvaro Olson’s hayrack in the middle of a field across the road from the house with Maple Juice Cove in the background, a lonely symbol of the endless work on the Olsons’ saltwater farm.
Featured in “Maine and American Art: Farnsworth Art Museum” with thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation and Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
Featured in “Maine and American Art: Farnsworth Art Museum” with thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation and Wyeth Foundation for American Art.