Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The daughter of the forest
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
40 1/2 × 30 in. (102.9 × 76.2 cm)
Nat Wyeth Fritsche
Accession number: SUPP2000.1363
Research Number: NCW: 1363
InscribedLower left: TO / GLADYS / from CONVERS 1921 / N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. Gladys Pond Wyeth (sister-in-law of the artist); Mrs. Gretchen Wyeth Underwood
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 209; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.837, p. 413
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and annotated an edition published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1907 (Brandywine River Museum library # 22481). According to Scribner's records, all paintings in the set were the property of the artist and returned to him on Aug. 19, 1921. Scribner's paid Wyeth $3,500 for the commission.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Joseph Painter, 12/2003