Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Rose of Torridge
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
42 × 31 1/2 in. (106.7 × 80 cm)
The Collection of John B. Talmadge
Accession number: SUPP2000.1365
Research Number: NCW: 1365
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); lower left: © CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS; Scribner's label adhered to reverse of canvas: (typed) Wyeth, N. C. / Rose of Torridge / facing pg. 55 Sept. 1920 / (printed) THIS COPYRIGHTED PICTURE..., etc., with "AND IS TO BE RETURNED TO THEM / IN GOOD CONDITION" struck out and signed "N. C. Wyeth"
ProvenanceThe artist; Gift to fundraising event, Glover Memorial Hospital, Needham, MA, 1921; Nelson A. Talmadge, Needham, Mass., 1921
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1921; Cleveland, OH, 1921; Needham, MA, 1967, no. 16 (listed on addenda sheet)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 209; David Michaelis, N. C. Wyeth, A Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998), p. 235; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.829, p. 410, 411
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:Mark Stephenson, Sky Valley Pictures, 11/28/2005