Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Queen Astrid Comes No More
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1937 / 1938
Dimensions:
36 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (92.7 × 67.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.602
Research Number: NCW: 602
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceGinn and Company, Boston, MA; by corporate merger to present owner
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, New York Historical Society Museum, "200 Years of American Illustration," Nov. 19, 1976 - Feb. 15, 1977
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 206; Henry C. Pitz, 200 Years of American Illustration (New York: Random House, Inc., 1977), color illustration p. 64; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1241, p. 562
Curatorial RemarksNCW 442 is a composition drawing for the image. The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.78) made from the drawing 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