Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Mosquito Head, Maine
Alternate Title(s):Spruce Woods and the Sea
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1932 / 1934
Dimensions:
approximately 35 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (90.2 × 100.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1090
Research Number: NCW: 1090
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenancePrivate collection; descended in family to 2008; (Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME, 2008)
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.170, p. 754, 755
Curatorial RemarksThe authority for the title of this painting is an archival photograph with a notation in NCW's hand: Mosquito Head Me. / N. C. W. (Brandywine River Museum library collection).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Howard Allen, Allen Studio, 5/2004