The Helga Pictures came to public attention in 1986 when the collector Leonard E. The exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum has been made possible by New York Newsday. The Brooklyn Museum venue is the last stop on a seven-city tour of the United States before the exhibition travels to Japan. Blum Gallery, located on the first floor, and will remain on view through September 18, 1989. The exhibition will be installed in the Museum’s Robert E. The 118 works on view were drawn from the complete suite of 240 paintings and preparatory studies executed between 19 by the artist. 1987, 044-45.Īndrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures, the long-awaited exhibition of paintings and drawings by Andrew Wyeth depicting his neighbor, Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, will open at The Brooklyn Museum June 19. Records of the Department of Public Information. serves as the catalogue to the exhibition (clothbound, $40).īrooklyn Museum Archives. A fully illustrated book published by Harry N. The exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum will be sponsored by New York Newsday. The works were hidden from public view by the artist until last year when they were acquired by the Pennsylvania publisher Mr. She is shown standing and walking, nude as well as clothed, posed against architectural elements such as doors and windows, asleep and awake at different seasons and times of day.

The complete series, executed by Wyeth between 19, comprises groups of about 30 different interrelated poses of Helga.

Andrew Wyeth’s works are in the tradition of American watercolorists, in which the Museum’s own holdings have a strong representation.” Buck, Director of The Brooklyn Museum, in commenting on the announced plans, said: “We are pleased to be able to provide an opportunity for New York audiences to view an exhibition that is the subject of such great public interest. Moreover, the New York presentation will also feature an as yet undetermined number of additional works to be drawn from the complete series, which numbers 240 works on paper. Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures, an exhibition of 140 drawings and watercolors depicting the artist’s neighbor, Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, will open at The Brooklyn Museum June 16 and be on view through September 18, 1989. The Brooklyn Museum has announced plans to organize an exhibition of Andrew Wyeth’s “The Helga Pictures” for the summer of 1989, following the conclusion of a six-city tour organized by the National Gallery of Art that does not include New York.

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