Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Humanity Looks for a New World-Sunrise in 1945 (Progressive Farmer Magazine, cover illustration)
Alternate Title(s):Dawn of a New Day
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1944
Dimensions:
29 3/4 × 19 1/4 in. (75.6 × 48.9 cm)
Private collection, Wilmington, DE
Accession number: SUPP2000.767
Research Number: NCW: 767
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH; on reverse, label adhered to panel: For Publication in / Progressive Farmer / Title of Story: Dawn of a New Day
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1958
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 39; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 270; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1315, p. 590, 591
Curatorial RemarksThe characteristic deep red on the reverse confirms that the support is a Renaissance Panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Carson Zullinger, 9/2004