Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"On nearer approach he was still more surprised at the singularity of the stranger's appearance."
Alternate Title(s):"These fairy mountains," Rip Van Winkle and his dog Wolf;
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
sight: 39 x 29 in. (99 x 73.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1291
Research Number: NCW: 1291
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; (?); (Mannados Book Shop, New York, NY, to 1954); (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, 1954 - 1958); Mr. W. J. Hopwood, Jr., Winnipeg, Manitoba; descended in family; (?); (J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, NY, 1985)
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 89
References
The New York State Conservationist, August-Sept. 1954, cover illustration in color, as "These fairy mountains," Rip Van Winkle and his dog Wolf; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 207; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.851, p. 418
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jack Abraham, 7/2005