Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Day and night he labored joyously with a plan of one of the enemy's balloons before him.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1907
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1975
Research Number: NCW: 1975
InscribedAlong right side: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 07 (from reproduction)
ProvenanceThe artist
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 274; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.200, p. 169
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Scribner's records, this was an oil on canvas painting in color, which was returned to the artist May 5, 1908 (Brandywine River Museum library, Scribner's archives, # 25211).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 4/2005