Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Pennsylvania Barn
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
48 × 52 in. (121.9 × 132.1 cm)
Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Accession number: SUPP2000.797
Research Number: NCW: 797
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse, two plain labels adhered to stretchers, each with a number: 31 and 29
ProvenanceMrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 9/50; (?); ex. coll. R. C. Dorey, Jr.; gift to Virginia Tech Foundation, 1980
Exhibition HistoryChicago, IL, 1929, no. 207, as "Pennsylvania Barn"; Wilmington, DE, 1930(1), no. 30, as "Pennsylvania Barn"; Toledo, OH, 1930, no. 70, as "Pennsylvania Barn"; Washington, DC, 1930, no. 21, as "Pennsylvania Barn"; Philadelphia, PA, 1931, no. 232, as "Pennsylvania Barn"; West Chester, PA, 1932, no. 51, as "Pennsylvania Barn"; Philadelphia, PA, 1935(2); Chadds Ford, PA, 1995, no. 8, color illus. p. 13
References
"Wyeth Paintings Prove Colorful, Strong, Dramatic," (Wilmington, DE) Journal Every Evening, March 1, 1930, p. 9; "Summer Show of American Paintings Opens To-day at Museum," (Toledo) Times, June 1, 1930 (clipping from Toledo Museum of Art, Archives, scrapbook #23 (Dec. 1929-June 1930); C. H. Bonte, "That Gifted Wyeth Family Exhibiting at the Alliance," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 31, 1935, p. SO 9; Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 71; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.159, p. 797; Christine B. Podmaniczky, "N. C. Wyeth, American Regionalist" in Rural Modern, American Art Beyond the City (NY: Rizzoli, 2016), p. 160, illus. in color, p. 160;
Curatorial RemarksThe authority for the date and title is a notation in the artist's hand on the reverse of an archival photograph (Brandywine River Museum library).
An annotated copy of the catalogue for the 42nd Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture in Chicago suggests that Wyeth was prepared to sell this painting for $3,000.00. See http://www.artic.edu/sites/default/files/libraries/pubs/1929/AIC1929PandS42ndAn_comb.pdf
An annotated copy of the catalogue for the 42nd Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture in Chicago suggests that Wyeth was prepared to sell this painting for $3,000.00. See http://www.artic.edu/sites/default/files/libraries/pubs/1929/AIC1929PandS42ndAn_comb.pdf
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Griffiths, photographer, 1991