Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Oisin in the Land of Youth
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: ca. 1939
Dimensions:
30 1/16 × 20 1/2 in. (76.4 × 52.1 cm)
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Childrens Literature Research Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1010
Research Number: NCW: 1010
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse of panel in paint: OISIN IN THE LAND OF YOUTH; adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label no. 817, dated 10/18/(19)39; label of the Free Library of Philadelphia, with typewritten inscription: HARRY GALE / BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB / 385 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK N.Y. / EXPRESS COLLECT / SPECIAL HANDLING
ProvenanceThe artist; anonymous donor to present collection, 1941
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1941(2);
References
N. C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1940 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum library); Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 208; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1260, p. 569
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an earlier, unillustrated edition of this book (NCWS.95.595) that the artist used to plan his pictures; the composition drawing (NCW 2087, 96.1.539); and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.64) made from the drawing used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Joe Painter, 7/2004; Conservation work by Franklin Shores