A Jamie Wyeth work depicting his yellow Labrador with a black circle around his eye has sold for $218,500 in New York City.
Christie's said Study of Kleberg brought more than five times the $40,000 pre-sale estimate.
It was purchased today by private art dealer Ann Richards Nitze on behalf of a client who was not identified.
Wyeth said he painted the circle around Kleberg's eye in the 1980s after the pooch got too close to his easel. Wyeth is a fan of the old comedy "Little Rascals," which featured a pit bull with the same marking. Wyeth is the son of the great American painter Andrew Wyeth and grandson of classic novel illustrator N.C. Wyeth.
He lives in Pennsylvania and Maine and has a studio in Delaware.
Thanks, Linda Papineau for giving me the tip about the auction, and my cousin Ellen Clair "Answer Girl" Lamb for sending me the results.
I wrote about Jamie Wyeth and his Jack Russell paintings here. And Andrew Wyeth was a master at painting yellow Labs. Remember Master Bedroom.
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