Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"We must hope for the best," Miss Luella faltered
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1677
Research Number: NCW: 1677
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / -05- (from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 259; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.58, p. 120
Curatorial Remarks"Friday I started my Harper work--it's going to be a struggle for me to pull the work out satisfactorily for even now I'm having trouble with it. Such a change from painting Kit Carson and Indians to the portrayal of two "old maids"--My heavens!" ( NCW to Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth, "Dear Mama, I received your long interesting letter...," dated in another hand Sept. 11, 1905).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer