Public Sale (painting)
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| Artist | Andrew Wyeth |
| Year | 1943 |
| Medium | Tempera on panel |
| Dimensions | 56 cm × 122 cm (22 in × 48 in) |
| Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
Public Sale is a 1943 painting by the American artist Andrew Wyeth. It shows two men by a car and in the distance a crowd of people outside a farm building. The event depicted is the forced auction of a farm after the farmer's wife had died.[1]
The painting belongs to the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 2000. As of 2016, it is currently not on view.[2]