Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Golden Maiden
The flames died suddenly away, and out of the vessel there sprang a wonderful image--the image of a beautiful maiden.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
47 × 33 1/2 in. (119.4 × 85.1 cm)
Cawley Family
Accession number: SUPP2000.1373
Research Number: NCW: 1373
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / TO HARRY + HELEN PYLE / from N. C. W. 1921; written on reverse of canvas in upper right: Harry C. Pyle; adhered to canvas on reverse, Scribner's label
ProvenanceThe artist; Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Pyle, Chadds Ford, PA, 1921; descended in family; Private collection, PA, ca. 1984 - 1996; (Pook & Pook, Downingtown, PA)
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p. 412; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 198; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.414, p. 251
Curatorial RemarksA small version of this painting, possibly a reproduction or proof, hung to the right of the entrance door in the artist's main studio, documented by a snapshot of the studio filed with the artist's correspondence (after NCW to Andrew Newell Wyeth, "I'm directing this letter to you..." and dated in another hand "Nov. 18, 1914?" but autumn by context, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 10/1999