Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The encounter on Freshwater Cliff
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
40 5/8 × 30 1/4 in. (103.2 × 76.8 cm)
Private collection. ME
Accession number: SUPP2000.1014
Research Number: NCW: 1014
InscribedUpper right.: N. C. WYETH / 20
ProvenanceThe artist; (?); Collection of Arnold N. Schwab, by 1965 - 1980; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1980-1984)
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 59; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Portland, ME, 2000, color illustration, fig. 6 p. 14
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 209; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.830, p. 410, 411; Joe Lawlor, "The Mystery of the Stolen Wyeths," Portland Press Herald, July 15, 2015, p. 4;
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and annotated an edition published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1907 (Brandywine River Museum library # 22481). According to Scribner's records, all paintings in the set were the property of the artist and returned to him on Aug. 19, 1921. Scribner's paid Wyeth $3,500 for the commission.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photo files