Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Cobbler
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1937 / 1938
Dimensions:
36 1/2 × 27 in. (92.7 × 68.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.594
Research Number: NCW: 594
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceGinn and Co., Boston, MA; by corporate merger to present owner
Exhibition HistoryNeedham, MA, 1982, no numbers
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 206; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1240, p. 562
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.73) of the drawing (NCW 1446) that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:© Russ Lappa