Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
I'm just going to swing the light away from the coal bin when I spy the lock on the door of it
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
20 × 14 1/4 in. (50.8 × 36.2 cm)
Private collection, CT
Accession number: SUPP2000.1634
Research Number: NCW: 1634
InscribedLower left: W (with dots under the points); at center bottom: - 4 - / TOOL (underlined); on reverse of canvas in soft pencil: (illegible symbol) / 609 6 / 3/19/19 / Jack o' Lantern / C Wyeth; in pencil across top stretcher: (illegible symbol) / June 28/19
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1964
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 256; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.768, p. 391
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:digital image directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of owner