Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Thanksgiving Greeting by Western Union
Alternate Title(s):Pilgrim Thanksgiving
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1936
Dimensions:
14 × 50 in. (35.6 × 127 cm)
Cal and Linda Sutliff
Accession number: SUPP2000.560
Research Number: NCW: 560
InscribedUpper right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceDescended in family of artist; (Sotheby's Arcade Auctions, New York, NY, June 24, 1988, lot no. 309, as "Pilgrim Thanksgiving")
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 311; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.110, p. 673
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an example of the telegram (Brandywine River Museum Library, #16481-8).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Dean A. Beasom, Xystus Studio, 11/2004