A gust, fiercer than any of its predecessors, heeled the Wanderer over and the lip of a comber climbed in over her counter and swept aft to the break of the poop.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

A gust, fiercer than any of its predecessors, heeled the Wanderer over and the lip of a comber climbed in over her counter and swept aft to the break of the poop.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1923

Dimensions:

18 1/4 × 36 in. (46.4 × 91.4 cm)

Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg

Accession number: SUPP2000.1701

Research Number: NCW: 1701

InscribedLower right: N C W

ProvenanceProbably William Perrin, art editor for Hearst's magazines, and descended in family; (Christie's East, New York, NY, May 23, 1995, lot no. 232); Collection of Robert and Carolyn Wohlsen; (Schoonover Studios, Wilmington, DE, 2005)

References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 260; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.954, p. 453

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting

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A gust, fiercer than any of its predecessors, heeled the Wanderer over and the lip of a comber climbed in over her counter and swept aft to the break of the poop.

N.C. Wyeth

A gust, fiercer than any of its predecessors, heeled the Wanderer over and the lip of a comber climbed in over her counter and swept aft to the break of the poop.