Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
It was not signed. I read it slowly, because I was not very good at reading, and turned my eyes west-where my mother had gone
Alternate Title(s):The Boy Vandemark Returns to His Home near the Erie Canal
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
40 × 24 in. (101.6 × 61 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.1197
Research Number: NCW: 1197
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); written on reverse of canvas: 7419 / J3001a; written on stretcher: 8 3/8" square cut 1/16" black rule around cut, no white line between / Sept. 6
ProvenanceCurtis Publications, Philadelphia, PA; Erna and Dorsey Blecher, Philadelphia, PA, to 1981; Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, to 1995; (Sotheby's, New York, Sept. 14, 1995, lot no. 244); Collection of Robert and Carolyn Wohlsen; (Schoonover Studios Ltd., Wilmington, DE, 1997)
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, Art Association of Harrisburg, "Selections from The Golden Age of Illustration," Dec. 4 - 24, 1982; Lancaster, PA, Community Gallery of Lancaster County, "Golden Age of Illustration," Oct. 2 - Nov. 13, 1983; Newport News, VA, 2000;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 262; "Blecher Art Collection Donated to Elizabethtown," (Lancaster, PA) Sunday Lancaster News, June 21, 1981; "N. C. Wyeth Painting Highlights Collection Donated to College," (Elizabethtown, PA) Elizabeth Chronicle, June 25, 1981; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.879, p. 428
Curatorial RemarksErna Blecher was art editor at Curtis Publishing from 1923-1937.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Gregg L. Vicik, 8/2000