Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The mourner in the bog
Alternate Title(s):Wild Irish Woman
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
40 1/2 × 30 in. (102.9 × 76.2 cm)
Private collection, PA
Accession number: SUPP2000.1028
Research Number: NCW: 1028
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse of canvas, two Scribner's labels
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; Estate of Carloyn Wyeth; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 1986-1987)
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1921, as "Wild Irish Woman"; Philadelphia, PA, 1925; Wilmington, DE, 1946, no. 51; Memphis, TN, 1983, catalogue no. 30 p. 95, illustration in b/w no. 52 p. 67, see also text p. 67
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 9; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers,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.833, p. 412
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:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2004