"Guns in Flanders--Flanders Guns! (I had a man that worked 'em once!)"

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Guns in Flanders--Flanders Guns! (I had a man that worked 'em once!)"

Alternate Title(s):Song of the Lathes
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1918
Dimensions:
34 × 24 in. (86.4 × 61 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.1134
Research Number: NCW: 1134
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; gift of the artist and descended in family of original owner (?) to Elizabeth Harrington Macdonald, ca. 1940-1990; (Sotheby's Arcade Auctions, New York, NY, Feb. 1, 1990, lot no. 281); (Brandywine Fantasy Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1992)
Exhibition HistorySan Angelo, TX, 1993; Tyler, TX, Tyler Museum of Art, "The Wyeths Across Texas," no. 6, p. 52, illus. p. 53;
References Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.727, p. 374
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of owner, 10/2002