Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (view of Port Clyde Harbor)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1931/1935
Dimensions:
25 1/8 × 30 in. (63.8 × 76.2 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.51
Research Number: NCW: 933
InscribedOn reverse of canvas: N C W (circled)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth, to 1994
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.166, p. 753
Curatorial RemarksThis painting, most likely unfinished, relates to a charcoal drawing (NCW 1105) depicting Rodney and Lida Davis on the porch of their Port Clyde home. According to a family member, the house/porch in this painting is the Davis home in Port Clyde. Davis was a lobster fisherman and knew both N. C. and Andrew Wyeth.
The painting was photographed in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files).
The painting was photographed in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 4/2002