Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
He perceived, at some yards from the ruin of the building, an old man surrounded by weeping children.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 30 1/2 in. (102.2 × 77.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.221
Research Number: NCW: 221
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 1950; (Wilhelmina Hagner, Wilmington, DE)
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(1)
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 7; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 222; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1047, p. 496
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the edition of Michael Strogoff that the artist read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.150).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting (discolored)