Otherworld (painting)

Otherworld
Artist	Andrew Wyeth
Year	2002
Medium	Tempera on panel
Dimensions	77.5 cm × 121.3 cm (30.5 in × 47.8 in)
Location	Private collection

Otherworld is a 2002 painting by American artist Andrew Wyeth.[1] The painting depicts Andrew Wyeth's wife and manager, Betsy Wyeth, looking out the window of private jet. Andrew had originally titled the painting Betsy's World in reference to his famous painting Christina's World, but it was renamed Otherworld by Betsy. Visible through windows of the plane are two places commonly featured in Andrew's work: Out the left window is the Kuerner Farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and out the right window is the Olson House in Cushing, Maine.[2][3] The painting's content is unusual for Wyeth, as he rarely depicted twentieth century technology or settings.

Provenance and exhibition history

In 2006, Otherworld was included in the exhibition Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[4] It was the first time that the painting had been shown publicly.[5] The exhibition was the last major retrospective of Wyeth's work before his death in 2009.[3] Otherworld was one of only two paintings in the exhibition that depicted anything from the modern world. The other painting was Wyeth's 1999 painting Renfield, in which cars and their headlights can be seen out through a window.[6]

References

1. Hoptman, Laura (2012). Wyeth: Christina's world. New York: Museum of Modern Art. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-87070-831-2. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
2. Knutson, Anne Classen (2005). Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic. Atlanta: High Museum of Art, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-0-8178-1771-8.
3. Noah, Timothy (16 January 2009). "Andrew Wyeth, RIP". Slate. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
4. Anfam, David (August 2006). "Andrew Wyeth. Philadelphia". The Burlington Magazine. 148 (1241): 571–572. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 20074547. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
5. Greben, Deidre Stein (1 October 2005). "Wyeth's World". ARTnews.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
6. Conn, Steven (2006). "Exhibit Review: Sleights of Hand". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 130 (4): 415–420. ISSN 0031-4587. JSTOR 20093897. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

External links

• Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic exhibition description at the Philadelphia Museum of Art website.