Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Homesteaders
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: ca. 1938
Dimensions:
21 1/2 × 19 in. (54.6 × 48.3 cm)
Collection of Vaughn O. Vennerberg II
Accession number: SUPP2000.376
Research Number: NCW: 376
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH; partial Renaissance Panel label adhered to reverse of panel, number 606 and dated 11/26/37; written across top of label: 19 x 21 1/4
ProvenanceJohn Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, Iowa; Private collection and descended in family; (Christie's, New York, NY, May 25, 2006, no. 139)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 291; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.120, p. 676
Curatorial RemarksThe Renaissance Panel label is oriented 90 degrees counter clockwise to the top of the image; the ragged right edges of the support and the label (missing approximately 3 inches from its bottom edge) suggest the panel was cut down.
The calendar images were reproduced in two sizes: 7 7/8 x 7" (Douglas Allen) and 13 3/8 x 11 7/8" (Brandywine River Museum library, no. 4432).
The calendar images were reproduced in two sizes: 7 7/8 x 7" (Douglas Allen) and 13 3/8 x 11 7/8" (Brandywine River Museum library, no. 4432).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Christie's, 2006