Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Still Life with Bottle on Blue Brocade
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1925 / 1932
Dimensions:
52 × 36 in. (132.1 × 91.4 cm)
Mr. A. James Clark
Accession number: SUPP2000.1735
Research Number: NCW: 1735
InscribedLower right: TO BILL PHELPS - N. C. W. / -1932-
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to William Phelps; Collection of William and Mary M. R. Phelps, to ca. 19
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), S.12, p. 788
Curatorial RemarksThe green glass bottle reflects the Palladian-style window in Wyeth's main studio and the still life itself is set against the double doors that open into the mural studio. The pitcher remains in the studio collection (Brandywine River Museum, NCWS.95.1477).
The first owner, William E. Phelps (d. 1967), was a friend of the Wyeth family. Shortly after NCW's death, he attempted but did not complete a biography of NCW; he donated a number of works by Andrew Wyeth to the Delaware Art Museum in 1964 (obit., Wilmington Morning News, Feb. 14, 1967, p. 18).
The first owner, William E. Phelps (d. 1967), was a friend of the Wyeth family. Shortly after NCW's death, he attempted but did not complete a biography of NCW; he donated a number of works by Andrew Wyeth to the Delaware Art Museum in 1964 (obit., Wilmington Morning News, Feb. 14, 1967, p. 18).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Gregory R. Staley Photography, 10/2004