Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
He sat there until the sun went down.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1930 / 1931
Dimensions:
34 × 25 in. (86.4 × 63.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.785
Research Number: NCW: 785
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; (?); (Sotheby's, New York, NY, Dec. 8, 1983, lot. no. 293); Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wohlsen; (Dallas, TX, Heritage Auctions, spring 2018, HA.com/IllustrationArt);
Exhibition HistoryLititz, PA, 1995; Annville, PA, Lebanon Valley College, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, "N. C. Wyeth: Storyteller," Aug. 28 - Oct. 11, 2009
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.1165, p. 535
Curatorial RemarksThe N. C. Wyeth House/Studio library includes a 1903 edition of this title (NCWS.95.655), illustrated by F. C. Yohn. The copy contains notations Wyeth made as he planned his own edition.
This book was not intended as one of the holiday gift books that Wyeth had done earlier for Scribner's. A letter to the artist from Arthur H. Scribner (Aug. 27, 1930), makes it clear that the publishers hoped to have this book out in May or June, 1931 (Scribner's Archives, Princeton University Library).
This book was not intended as one of the holiday gift books that Wyeth had done earlier for Scribner's. A letter to the artist from Arthur H. Scribner (Aug. 27, 1930), makes it clear that the publishers hoped to have this book out in May or June, 1931 (Scribner's Archives, Princeton University Library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Robert and Carolyn Wohlsen