NAMES IN THE NEWS : Farm Painted by Wyeth Being Sold

BOSTON — The 19th-Century farm immortalized in Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World” is being sold, it was learned today.

The Olson House in Cushing, Me., is on about 20 acres of coastal meadowland with 1,800 feet of rocky shore frontage on Maple Juice Cove.

For more than 39 years, Andrew Wyeth painted the farmhouse, barn and the surrounding views as well as the Olson family in some of his most admired watercolor studies.

The late Hollywood producer, Joseph E. Levine, bought the farm from the Olson family with intentions of creating a Wyeth museum. He sold the farm shortly before his death to Apple computer Chairman John Sculley, who is the current owner. Sotheby’s International Realty is handling the sale.