Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Softly and swiftly Chad's fingers worked.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1930 / 1931
Dimensions:
34 1/4 × 25 1/16 in. (87 × 63.7 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.703
Research Number: NCW: 703
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); Upper left: TO "GRITLI" from CONVERS - 1943; on reverse on stretcher: ILLUSTRATION FROM / "THE LITTLE SHEPHERD FROM KINGDOM COME" by JOHN FOX / PUBLISHED BY SCRIBNERS; label on stretcher: N.C. Wyeth - from the / Little Shepherd of / Kingdom come. / Ernest Zaugg 10/9/75 / Barbara Re; written on stretcher along r. side: came / by / express / valued / at / $200
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Marguerite Holzer Zaugg; Ernest Zaugg, to 1985
Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids, IA, 1990; Newark, DE, University Gallery of the University of Delaware, "Brandywine Valley to the Bay: Art From Private Collections," Oct. 3 - Nov. 3, 1991, p. 144, color illustration p. 145
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 205; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1153, p. 531
Curatorial RemarksThe N. C. Wyeth House/Studio library includes a 1903 edition of this title (NCWS.95.655), illustrated by F. C. Yohn. The copy contains notations Wyeth made as he planned his own edition. Marguerite Holzer Zaugg was second cousin to the artist.
This book was not intended as one of the holiday gift books that Wyeth had done earlier for Scribner's. A letter to the artist from Arthur H. Scribner (Aug. 27, 1930), makes it clear that the publishers hoped to have this book out in May or June, 1931 (Scribner's Archives, Princeton University Library).
This book was not intended as one of the holiday gift books that Wyeth had done earlier for Scribner's. A letter to the artist from Arthur H. Scribner (Aug. 27, 1930), makes it clear that the publishers hoped to have this book out in May or June, 1931 (Scribner's Archives, Princeton University Library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:none on transparency