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Andrew Newell Wyeth

Long-time commenter, and friend, Bandersnatch passed away yesterday.

He loved Andrew Wyeth, for both prurient and esthetic reasons, and we would often talk about Wyeth's work, and his position as one of the titans of 20th century American art. During one of those chats, he gleefully recounted a snippet from an interview, in which Wyeth spoke proudly of the work he had done to render pubic hair perfectly.

We once spent a few cold autumn hours on the patio of a local pub, drinking beer, smoking cigars, and building and tending a fire in the firepit. He was a ferocious competitor and was confident that he was the world's greatest fire builder; a claim I contested. We ended up with a roaring fire and a bunch of empty pint glasses, and I was left with a memory I will cherish.

RIP

posted by CBD at 09:30 AM

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