Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The departure of the Rose
Alternate Title(s):The Mother of the Hero
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
40 1/2 × 30 in. (102.9 × 76.2 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.522
Research Number: NCW: 522
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); adhered to reverse of canvas, Scribner's label, THIS COPYRIGHTED PICTURE IS THE / PROPERTY OF CHARLES SCRIBNER'S / SONS AND IS TO BE RETURNED TO THEM / IN GOOD CONDITION / etc. with the following information typed in: Wyeth N. C. / The Departure of the Rose / WESTWARD HO! / Facing page 369. Sept. 1920; second Scribner's label with following information handwritten: From / Miss S. V.. Hutchinson. / Halle Brothers. / Book Section. Cleveland - Ohio.; remnants of exhibition label: ANNU missing) / SOCIET (missing) / Cer (missing); on top stretcher member in black paint: 15
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1962; The Hickman Friends Boarding Home of Concord Quarterly Meeting, West Chester, PA, 1962-2016, gift of Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; (Freeman's, Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 4, 2016, lot no. 44)
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1921, as "The Mother of the Hero"
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 9; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers,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.835, p. 412
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 fom painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 8/2004