Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (Washington and his men around a winter campfire)
Medium: Pastel, paint (and possibly tempera) on heavy paper
Date: 1929 / 1930
Dimensions:
27 3/4 × 108 1/2 in. (70.5 × 275.6 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1353
Research Number: NCW: 1353
InscribedLower right: This SKETCH the PROPERTY / of N. C. WYETH- / CHADDS FORD; verso not accessible for examination due to special framing
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.70, p. 660
Curatorial RemarksThe central grouping of figures, with some slight modifications, appears in an oil on canvas painting that was reproduced as a calendar image about 1935 (NCW 1104). A seam in the paper support, approximately 29 inches from the viewer's left edge, could suggest that the artist added to or changed the left portion of the composition. The extreme horizontal orientation of the painting makes the image unsuited for a standard illustration or calendar picture. Andrew Wyeth believes that this was the last image his father produced for Interwoven Stocking Company, about 1928-29.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer