Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"As He Sat in the Doorway Looking at the Storm He Realized that He was Shaken by a Wild, Crude Lyric of Passion"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1908
Dimensions:
approximately 27 x 24 in. (68.5 x 60.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.640
Research Number: NCW: 640
InscribedLower right: WYETH (underlined)
Provenance(Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia, PA, 1974/1975-1977); (Judy Goffman Fine Arts, Blue Bell PA); [Steven Straw Gallery, Newburyport, MA]; [Phillips, Boston, MA, "The Steven Straw Collection of American Paintings and Furniture" per action of Federal Bankruptcy Court, Boston, MA, May 2, 1980, lot no. 98 as "The Outlaw and the Girl"); Collection of Vivian and Gerald F. Ross, to 2016; (Christie's, New York, NY, May 17-24, 2017 online auction of American Art)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 261; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.215, p. 177; Diego Cordoba, "N. C. Wyeth," in Illustrators Magazine (London: The Book Place), Autumn 2018, issue 23, illus. p. 7;
Curatorial RemarksThis painting was reproduced in vignette style, with the right portion of the image eliminated. The graphics of the reproduction suggest that the painting was done initially in its present form, and not as a vignette.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. black/white photography directly from artwork; 2. image as originally reproduced in Ladies' Home Journal
Photo Credit:1. Courtesy of Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; 2. BRM staff