The Brook--Summer

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Brook--Summer

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1916
Dimensions:
25 1/8 × 30 1/4 in. (63.8 × 76.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1492
Research Number: NCW: 1492
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth, to 1973; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN)
Exhibition HistoryGreenville, SC, 1974, no. 43, as "The Brook--Summer"; Greenville, SC, Greenville County Museum of Art, "Greenville Collects," May 6 - July 2, 1989
References Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.103, p. 731
Curatorial RemarksThere seems to be no archival authority for the title. The painting is probably number 66 in Carolyn Wyeth's early 1970s inventory of paintings in Wyeth's studio, as "Brook with rail fence, Chadds Ford" although the height dimension differs slightly (Brandywine River Museum library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Patrick Cox Photography, 2/2006