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The Helga Pictures are a series of more than 240 paintings and drawings of German model Helga Testorf (born c. 1933 or c. 1939) created by Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) between 1971 and 1985. Testorf was a neighbor of Wyeth's in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and over the course of fifteen years posed for Wyeth indoors and out of doors, nude and clothed, in attitudes that reminded writers of figures painted by Botticelli and Edouard Manet.

List of works

Tempera on panel:

  • Letting Her Hair Down (1972)
  • Sheepskin (1973)
  • Braids (1977)
  • Farm Road (1979)
  • Day Dream (1980)

Drybrush and/or watercolor on paper:

  • Black Velvet (1972)
  • The Prussian (1973)
  • In the Orchard (several versions, 1973–85)
  • Seated by a Tree (1973, other versions from 1973 and 1982)
  • Crown of Flowers (1974)
  • Loden Coat (1975)
  • Easter Sunday (1975; a non-Helga watercolor also bears this title)
  • Barracoon (1976; a non-Helga tempera also bears this title)
  • On Her Knees (1977)
  • Drawn Shade (1977)
  • Overflow (1978)
  • Walking In Her Cape Coat (1979)
  • Night Shadow (1979)
  • Pageboy (1980)
  • Knapsack (two versions, both 1980)
  • Lovers (1981)
  • From the Back (two versions, both 1981)
  • In the Doorway (three versions, all 1981)
  • Cape Coat (1982)
  • Campfire (two versions, both 1982)
  • Sun Shield (1982)
  • Flotation Device (1984)
  • Autumn (1984)
  • Refuge (1985)
  • Red Sweater (1987)
  • Helga's Back (1991)
  • Barefoot (1992)
  • Uphill (1999)
  • Gone (2002)





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