Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Still life with Bowl, Onions and Bottle
Alternate Title(s):Still life with Bowl, Onions and Blue Vase
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920s
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2362
Research Number: NCW: 2362
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH / Jan.192(illegible -- digit may be a "2")
ProvenanceThe artist; Private collection, Needham, MA; Private collection, Framingham, MA, by late 1930s, and descended in family; (Sotheby's, New York, NY, Dec. 4, 2002, lot no. 171); (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 2002-2003)
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), S.10, p. 786
Curatorial RemarksAccording to correspondence at the Brandywine River Museum, this painting was originally inscribed to a Needham, MA resident, information which along with the date suggests that the work may have been done in Needham after the Wyeth family arrived there in the fall of 1921. Pentimenti of two bottles, one to the left of the current bottle and one to the right directly over the bowl, indicate early composition changes.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jim Schneck, 3/2003