Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The pale, moonlit city lay all about us in a ghostly circle. Mosulla and I had never been so close in spirit
Date: 1923
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1834
Research Number: NCW: 1834
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 264; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.959, p. 455
Curatorial RemarksHoughton Mifflin originally intended to publish all the illustrations for Silk in their hardbound edition (1923), but the author didn't want to risk his reputation on an expensive book (the illustrations would have added an additional .50 to the $2.00 price of the book) and the publisher feared attracting readers searching for sensation (see Roger L. Scaife to NCW, July 19, 1923, Houghton Mifflin Archives, Houghton Library, Harvard University).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 2/2005