An extraordinary private collection ofwatercolors and drawings by Andrew Wyeth depicting the subjects memorialized inhis legendary painting Christina's World, one of the best-known works ofAmerican art.  This book presents rarely seen watercolors anddrawings Andrew Wyeth made of his friend Christina Olson, her brother Alvaro,and the weathered Maine farmstead where they lived. It features movingportraits and serene interior and exterior views of the house and thesurrounding land, now memorialized in Wyeth's 1948 tempera painting Christina'sWorld, one of the most famous paintings in the history of American art and nowin the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Some forty-five works from thecollection of the Marunuma Art Park in Japan, rarely shown before in the UnitedStates, are accompanied by works from the Farnsworth as well as by historicalphotographs of Wyeth, the Olsons, and the house. Otoyo Nakamura writes aboutthe history of this collection of Wyeth works, and Michael Komanecky addressesthe place of the Olson farm in Wyeth's career over three decades, and howChristina's World and the Olson House have inspired pilgrimages for fans ofWyeth's work. Despite its isolated location and seasonal schedule, Olson Housedraws thousands of visitors each year from around the world. The Olson House,acquired by the Farnsworth Art Museum in 1991, has been recommended forNational Landmark status.