Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Suddenly the bag opened, and a torrent of letters fell to the floor. 'Genie's face flushed red as fire.
Alternate Title(s):Suddenly the bag opened and a torrent of letters cascaded to the floor
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.202
Research Number: NCW: 202
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 233, 258; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.436, p. 258
Curatorial RemarksMost of the pictures for this commission were probably complete by May 11, 1912, when Wyeth wrote to his mother (WFA) that he had just shipped off the products of "10 days hard labor...pictures of war, of soldiers and guns, and men with hard strife-worn faces!"
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from printed image (tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 6/27/2005