Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
In the Georges Islands, Maine
Alternate Title(s):In the Gorges Islands, Maine
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1937 / 1939
Dimensions:
21 3/8 × 39 15/16 in. (54.3 × 101.4 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1033
Research Number: NCW: 1033
InscribedLower right: TO ANN McCOY / FROM / N. C. WYETH / 1941; on reverse, written on stretcher: A SOUVENIR OF PORT CLYDE; label on stretcher: WILMINGTON SOCIETY OF THE FINE ARTS / Title (IN THE GORGES (sic) ISLANDS - MAINE / Artist (N. C. WYETH) / Return Address (CHADDS FORD PA) / Price, if for sale (450.00) / Insurance valuation for return express / If not local (X) (all written in NCW's hand); also on stretcher, small label with number: 142
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Anne Douglas McCoy, 1941; descended in family
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, DE, 1939, no. 12, as "In the Gorges (sic) Islands, Maine"
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.208, p. 769
Curatorial RemarksThe Georges Islands, a group in Muscongus Bay, SW of Port Clyde, include Allen, Benner, Burnt, Davis and Thompson Islands. The artist's misspelling of the name may be an intentional play on "gorgeous."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 1/2001