Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Sea Fever
Alternate Title(s):The Poet
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1937
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1760
Research Number: NCW: 1760
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 205; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1238, p. 561
Curatorial RemarksThe artist referred to this painting as "The Poet" in a letter of June 14, 1937, when he wrote of transfering the composition to "gesso" (NCW to Carolyn Bockius Wyeth, June 14, 1937, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 9/7/2006