Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Phoenician Biremes, presentation painting
Alternate Title(s):The City of Tyre
Medium: Oil on canvas board
Date: 1923
Dimensions:
21 × 15 in. (53.3 × 38.1 cm)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.806
Research Number: NCW: 806
InscribedLower left: SKETCH / N. C. Wyeth
ProvenanceFirst National Bank of Boston; by corporate merger to present owner
Exhibition HistoryParis, Mona Bismarck Foundation, "The Wyeths, Trois generations d'artistes americains," Nov. 10, 2011- Feb. 12, 2012, illus. in color, p. 87; Portland, OR, Portland Museum of Art, "The Wyeths: Three Generations, Works form the Bank of America Collection," Oct. 7, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum of Art, June 22-Sept. 15, 2019 (and Portland, ME, Portland Museum of Art, Oct. 4, 2019-Jan. 12, 2020, and Cincinnati, OH, Taft Museum, Feb. 8-May 3, 2020), "N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives," illus. p. 167
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), M.17, p. 604, 605
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Dennis Griggs, 10/2000