Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
". . . . though these folks were evidently amusing themselves, yet they maintained the gravest faces, the most mysterious silence . . . ."
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1292
Research Number: NCW: 1292
Inscribedlower left: N C WYETH; label adhered to top of frame: THOUGH THESE FOLKS WERE EVIDENTLY AMUSING THEMSELVES, / YET THEY MAINTAINED THE GRAVEST FACES, THE MOST / MYSTERIOUS SILENCE / ("Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving David McKay); label adhered to top member of frame: COLUMBUS GALLERY / OF FINE ARTS (further illegible)
ProvenanceThe artist; (?); (Mannados Book Shop, New York, NY, to 1954); (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, 1954- 1960); Mr. W. J. Hopwood., Winnipeg, Canada; descended in family; (?); (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, NY, 1985); Private collection, 1985-2014; [Christie's, New York, NY, 22 May 2014, lot no. 87];
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 88; Lubbock, TX, 1959, no. 26
References
Curtis Dahl, "The Sunny Master of Sunny Side," American Heritage Magazine, vol. XIII, no. 1 (Dec. 1961), color illustration p. 53; 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.852, p. 418
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jack Abraham, 7/2005