Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Cleaning Fish
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1933
Dimensions:
47 5/8 × 51 13/16 in. (121 × 131.6 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1111
Research Number: NCW: 1111
InscribedLower left: N C WYETH (underlined) / 33; no marks on reverse
ProvenanceThe artist
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1995, no. 17, illustration in b/w p. 51; Rockland, ME, 2001
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), P.42, p. 819
Curatorial RemarksThe artist must have encountered some problems with this painting for on Sept. 13, 1933, he wrote Nathaniel and Carolyn Wyeth, "The 'Cleaning Fish' canvas is completely saved now and rates with the best I've done here" (Wyeth Family Archives). The scene is set in Port Clyde and the distinctive Marshall Point Light House can be seen in the background on the right.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting