Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Indian Prayer
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1937
Dimensions:
37 × 27 in. (94 × 68.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1284
Research Number: NCW: 1284
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceGinn and Co., Boston, MA; Helen S. Leavitt; (Ira Spanierman, Inc., New York, NY, 1979); (Judy and Alan Goffman, Blue Bell, PA, by Dec. 1980)
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.1284, p. 560
Curatorial RemarksHelen S. Leavitt, the first owner of this painting, was an instructor in music at Boston University and an editor of the "World of Music" books. The Brandywine River Museum holds a charcoal composition drawing (NCW 2083, 96.1.514) for this image and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.84) made from the drawing and used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Brenner, 10/2006