Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
In a Strange Land
Medium: Oil on hardboard (probably Renaissance Panel)
Date: ca. 1937-1938
Dimensions:
31 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (80 × 67.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.596
Research Number: NCW: 596
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse, evidence of previously existing large label (probably Renaissance Panel label)
ProvenanceGinn and Company, Boston, MA; by corporate merger to present owner
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 206; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1244, p. 563
Curatorial RemarksTwo drawings are known for this image: a figure study (NCW 123) and a hand study (NCW 2548; Brandywine River Museum of Art, 96.1.146). A composition drawing (NCW 737) is known only through a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.75) from the artist's studio collection (BRMA).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:© Russ Lappa