Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Forge
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: ca. 1938
Dimensions:
35 × 24 1/2 in. (88.9 × 62.2 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.598
Research Number: NCW: 598
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceGinn and Company, Boston, MA; by corporate merger to present owner
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 205; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1251, p. 566-567
Curatorial RemarksWyeth had trouble making the deadline for this book (NCW to Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Sept. 5, 1938, Wyeth Family Archives) and Ginn and Co. published the first printing of the song book without two illustrations. This image appeared in subsequent printings. The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.87) of the composition drawing which was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:© Russ Lappa