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"Portrait of Jamie Wyeth"
1976
synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas,
collection of James Wyeth
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / ARS, NY
From Traditional Fine Arts Org. Inc:
"Wyeth, son of realist painter Andrew Wyeth and grandson of illustrator N.C. Wyeth, had his first one-man exhibition at Knoedler Gallery in 1976 at the age of 20. During his friendship with Warhol, the two shopped for antiques and taxidermy specimens together, attended art exhibition and gallery openings, discussed popular culture, and exchanged ideas. Warhol repeatedly visited Wyeth's farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Warhol's published diaries chronicle one of these visits.
Warhol and Wyeth painted each other's portraits. One journalist referred to a 1976 exhibition of the portraits at the Coe Kerr Gallery in New York City as "The Patriarch of Pop Paints the Prince of Realism." In addition, they collaborated on a painting of a large pig for a Washington, DC, charity event. Jamie Wyeth continues to create works saluting his adventures with Warhol. Wyeth's The Wind (1999) is a modern interpretation of a post-Pre-Raphaelite painting owned by Warhol. Factory Lunch (2004) depicts Warhol at the Factory, and Fred Hughes (2005) captures Warhol with his ever-present tape recorder and his business manager.
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