NEW YORK (AP) β Three works by Andrew Wyeth owned by the painter’s close friend and admirer, actor Charlton Heston, are heading for auction.
Sotheby’s says they’re being offered for sale in New York on Nov. 18 by the estate of the Hollywood legend and his wife, Lydia.
The works are Wyeth’s landscape “Flood Plain” from 1986, estimated at $2 million to $3 million; “Ice Pool,” a watercolor of a winter scene created in 1969 estimated at $150,000 to $250,000; and “Study for ‘Flood Plain'” a gift to Heston from the artist estimated to bring $20,000 to $30,000.
The actor greatly admired the work of Wyeth and began a correspondence with him in the 1980s. It led to a long friendship and visits by Heston to Wyeth’s home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
