Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
We sweltered and almost suffocated. Rowena buried her face in her shawl and swayed as if falling.
Alternate Title(s):The Prairie Fire; Rowena buried her face in her shawl.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
30 1/2 × 41 in. (77.5 × 104.1 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.102
Research Number: NCW: 102
InscribedLower right.: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse in pencil: Vandemark's Folly, February 1922; proper left stretcher bar: Property of Barton W. Currie.
ProvenanceBarton W. Currie; Lawrence M. Conant; Mr. and Mrs. Barton C. Conant
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1972, cat. no. 29, as "The Prairie Fire"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 2; Chadds Ford, PA, 1975; Cody, WY, 1980, p. 56, plate 35 on p. 54
References
Herbert Quick, One Man's Life (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1925), illustration f. p. 94; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 235, 236, 262, 315; Kate F. Jennings. N. C. Wyeth (New York: Brompton Books Corp., Crescent Books, 1992), illustration in color, ps. 98-99; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.890, p. 432
Curatorial RemarksBarton W. Currie (1877-1962), the first owner of this painting, was the editor of Ladies' Home Journal and one of the great book collectors of his day.
The painting underwent extensive conservation treatment in 2015. The support is linen canvas wih a plain weave, ca. 38. threads per inch both horizontally and vertically.
The painting underwent extensive conservation treatment in 2015. The support is linen canvas wih a plain weave, ca. 38. threads per inch both horizontally and vertically.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Paul Mutino, 2002