Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
In the Bell Democracy
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
24 13/16 × 35 in. (63 × 88.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.730
Research Number: NCW: 730
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceAT&T, Somerset, NJ; (Sotheby's, New York, NY, Nov. 28, 2001, lot no. 215)
Exhibition HistoryThe Hague, Netherlands, United States Embassy, "Arts-in-the-Embassies" Program, 1990-1992
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 293; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.17, p. 643
Curatorial RemarksWyeth's work for A T & T was done through N. W. Ayer & Son, a Philadelphia advertising agency (see the N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, 1849-2001, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box 21). The painting is dated by its publication date.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Transparency courtesy of Sotheby's, 9/2001; no photographer credited