The Helga Pictures by Andrew Wyeth. First Edition, Abrams Inc. New York, 1987 Printed and bound

The Helga Pictures by Andrew Wyeth.
First Edition, Abrams Inc. New York, 1987
Printed and bound in Japan, the book contains all 294 paintings, drawings, and sketches of Helga Testorf, a model whom Wyeth painted in secret between 1971-1985.
Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures presents to the public for the first and only time every work in the series, from a small, closely observed sketch of Helga's eye, through numerous lush studies of Helga asleep, to rich, highly polished dry brushes and temperas. Introductory essay by Leondard E.B. Andrews, who purchased the entire collection with the intention of preserving it as national treasures. Every item of the series, when he chronicled this one woman with passionate intensity and artistry.
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