Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Christopher Columbus
Alternate Title(s):Columbus; Columbus Sights the New World
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1941 / 1942
Dimensions:
26 × 23 in. (66 × 58.4 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.300
Research Number: NCW: 300
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH; painted on reverse of panel: PAINTED IN OIL / ON GESSO GROUND / BY / N. C. WYETH / 1942 / "Columbus"; adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label no. 942, dated 10/9/(19)40
Provenanceby 1972, Private collection, Silver Spring, MD; (?); (Brandywine Fantasy Gallery, Chicago, IL, ca. 199O - 1992)
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(2); San Angelo, TX, 1993; Newport News, VA, 2000
References
"Twelfth Annual All-America Package Competition," Modern Packaging Magazine, Vol. 16, no. 8 (April 1943), p. 105; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 288; Kate F. Jennings. N. C. Wyeth (New York: Brompton Books Corp., Crescent Books, 1992), illus. in color, p. 87; James R. Mellow, "Art: American Illustration," Architectural Digest, vol. 47, no. 11 (Oct. 1990), color illus., p. 255; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.150, p. 687
Curatorial RemarksThis painting was framed by Wilmington carver Frank Coll in a heavy black and gold "Spanish" style frame which was reproduced in die-cut cardboard for the window display poster (see example, Brandywine River Museum library, # 8912). A "plaque" on the "frame" read: PAINTED FOR / CANADIAN CLUB / BY N. C. WYETH / BLENDED CANADIAN WHISKEY - 90.4 PROOF - IMPORTED BY HIRAM WALKER & SONS INC., PEORIA, ILL. The advertising display, printed by Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Co. of Philadelphia, won Modern Packaging Magazine's 12th annual "All-America Package" competition for window displays.
Two drawings for this commission (NCW 1099 and 1100) are known through archival photographs in the collection of the Brandywine River Museum library (#s 3237 a and b). The museum also holds a press proof of the image set in an alternative display (NCWS.95.6589).
Two drawings for this commission (NCW 1099 and 1100) are known through archival photographs in the collection of the Brandywine River Museum library (#s 3237 a and b). The museum also holds a press proof of the image set in an alternative display (NCWS.95.6589).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:1. Gregg L. Vicik; 2. Painting in original frame, carved by Frank Coll of Wilmington, DE
Photographer: Gregg L. Vicik; 3. Display advertising poster, with die-cut "frame" that resembles actual Frank Coll frame. Photographer, Rick Echelmeyer
Photographer: Gregg L. Vicik; 3. Display advertising poster, with die-cut "frame" that resembles actual Frank Coll frame. Photographer, Rick Echelmeyer