Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Next morning came a clear day--a hot day.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
28 × 33 in. (71.1 × 83.8 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Haynes
Accession number: SUPP2000.697
Research Number: NCW: 697
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH; old label affixed to new stretcher frame: 1 Ill. / Sir Henry / N. C. Wyeth / July 27, 1912
ProvenanceThe artist; [?]; (Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, NY, 1990]; (?); Douglas Markhouse; (Randall House, Santa Barbara, CA, 1991); Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg; (Wyeth Hurd Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 1998); MBNA America, Wilmington, DE; (Barridoff Galleries, Portland, ME, lot no. 226, July 31, 2002)
Exhibition HistorySan Angelo, TX, 1993; Greenville, DE, 1995; Rockland, ME, 1999, illustration in color p. 5; Chadds Ford, PA, 2005
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 277; "American and European Art," Barridoff Galleries auction, Portland, ME, lot no. 226, July 31, 2002, illustration p.168; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.740, p. 378, 379
Curatorial RemarksA label now attached to the stretcher of this painting suggests that the artist painted this image over a picture that had been reproduced in Collier's Weekly in 1912.
Two proofs of this image exist (Brandywine River Museum library collection) and perhaps give some insight into the role played by the magazine art editor. The earlier proof shows an image with a rounded top and a vast amount of sky area above the standing figure's head. Pencil marks on the proof delineate crop lines at the top and sides, with the effect of bringing the boat and its occupants closer to the picture plane. The second proof incorporates the above changes, and a notation below reads, "Dear Wyeth - what think you? / JHC." Joseph H. Chapin was Scribner's art editor and clearly the person who instigated the change. Still, as reproduced in Scribner's Magazine, the image had almost 1/3 again the height of the present painting in the sky area. There is no documentation to suggest who cut the painting down or when that happened.
Two proofs of this image exist (Brandywine River Museum library collection) and perhaps give some insight into the role played by the magazine art editor. The earlier proof shows an image with a rounded top and a vast amount of sky area above the standing figure's head. Pencil marks on the proof delineate crop lines at the top and sides, with the effect of bringing the boat and its occupants closer to the picture plane. The second proof incorporates the above changes, and a notation below reads, "Dear Wyeth - what think you? / JHC." Joseph H. Chapin was Scribner's art editor and clearly the person who instigated the change. Still, as reproduced in Scribner's Magazine, the image had almost 1/3 again the height of the present painting in the sky area. There is no documentation to suggest who cut the painting down or when that happened.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:1. transparency courtesy of MBNA; 2. proof before lettering, with pencil notations indicating crop lines (Library, Brandywine River Museum); 3. proof before lettering, with handwritten note by Joseph H. Chapin (Library, Brandywine River Museum); 4. image as reproduced in Scribner's Magazine (Library, Brandywine River Museum)