Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Warren's address
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
40 × 29 7/8 in. (101.6 × 75.9 cm)
Collection of the Hill School, Pottstown, PA
Accession number: SUPP2000.481
Research Number: NCW: 481
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); written on reverse of canvas: 150.00 72508 / 6 3/4 x 5 3/8; "Bay State" stencils stamped on all stretch bars
ProvenancePurchased from N. C. Wyeth for Hill School, 1923
Exhibition HistoryLititz, PA, 1991; Roanoke, VA, 1991; Rockland, ME, Farnsworth Art Museum, "Poems of American Patriotism," May 15 - Sept. 26, 2010; Sandwich, MA, Heritage Museum and Gardens, "The Wyeths: America Reflected," June 6 - Sept. 27, 2015;
References
Anton Kamp, "N. C. Wyeth, Painter and Illustrator", The Artgum, vol. IV, no. 4 (April 1926), illus. b/w p. 20; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 212; "Sweeney's Legacy," Hill (The Hill School Bulletin), Sept. 1980, illus. p. 16; Tom Brokaw, David Michaelis, Lauren Raye Smith, One Nation, Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N. C. Wyeth and James Wyeth (Boston: Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown and Co., 2000), illus. in color, fig. 18 on p. 19; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.900, p. 436
Curatorial RemarksThe unillustrated edition of Poems of American Patriotism that the artist read and annotated in preparation for this commission is in the collection of the Brandywine River Museum (NCWS.95.157).
The artist's reaction to the Hill School purchase is expressed in a letter to Arthur L. Bailey, librarian of the Wilmington Institute Library, "At present, I am sitting on top of the world!" (NCW to ALB, May 14, 1923, Wilmington Institute Library).
This canvas was treated during the summer of 2017 by Joyce Hill Stoner at the University of Delaware/Winterthur Conservation lab. As with the other paintings from this series, the artist used a red in the flesh tones, possibly alizarin crimson, that had faded over time and altered the look of the image.
The artist's reaction to the Hill School purchase is expressed in a letter to Arthur L. Bailey, librarian of the Wilmington Institute Library, "At present, I am sitting on top of the world!" (NCW to ALB, May 14, 1923, Wilmington Institute Library).
This canvas was treated during the summer of 2017 by Joyce Hill Stoner at the University of Delaware/Winterthur Conservation lab. As with the other paintings from this series, the artist used a red in the flesh tones, possibly alizarin crimson, that had faded over time and altered the look of the image.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 4/1999