Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Robin and His Mother Go to Nottingham Fair
The road wound in and about the forest, and at noon they came to a part where the trees nigh shut out the sky.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
The New York Public Library
Accession number: SUPP2000.186
Research Number: NCW: 186
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceDavid McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1917 - 1920
Exhibition HistoryPittsburgh, PA, 1919; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 91; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 54; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 202, b/w illustration p. 92; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.680, p. 353
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Paul Mutino Photography, 7/25/2006