The Reefer
The Reefer
Andrew Wyeth
American, 1917 - 2009
1982
Color Collotype
38 x 37 in. (96.5 x 94.0 cm)
Signed and Numbered 223/300 Lower Right. A young sailor in a dark wool jacket and knit cap stands with his back to the viewer, gripping a rope as he gazes through an arched stone window toward the sea beyond. It is quintessential Wyeth — the figure anonymous yet psychologically loaded, the austere architecture pressing in from all sides, the pale light from the window the only relief in an otherwise spare and haunting composition. The color collotype medium reproduces Wyeth's extraordinary tonal range with exceptional fidelity, capturing the rough texture of the stone walls and the weight of the sailor's jacket with near-painterly presence. Signed and numbered from an edition of 300, this is a substantial and deeply evocative work by one of America's most enduring and beloved painters.
