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Flood Plain is a 1986 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. It depicts a part of the artist's family's land in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania in the winter, with patches of ice in the grass. In the foreground is a pile of hay with the remnants of an old hay wagon. Two icy wheel tracks lead to a mill and a granary in the background.

Flood Plain
Artist	Andrew Wyeth
Year	1986
Type	Tempera on panel
Dimensions	62.2 cm × 121.9 cm (24 1⁄2 in × 48 in)
Location	Private collection

Creation

In his 1995 autobiography, Wyeth said about this painting that he "wanted to capture the clean-swept character of the beginning of the winter after the floods".[1]

Provenance

The painting was acquired by the art dealer Frank E. Fowler and sold to the actor Charlton Heston in 1988.[2] Heston was a friend and promoter of Wyeth and owned several of his paintings. In 1991 he received Wyeth's study for Flood Plain as a Christmas gift from the artist.[3]

The painting was sold through Sotheby's in 2015 for 5,178,000 US dollars. The estimated value at the auction was 2,000,000—3,000,000 US dollars.[2]

References

Further reading

• Hoving, Thomas (1990). "Wyeth Since Helga". Connoisseur. 90 (12): 108–119. ISSN 0010-6275.

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