Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Fishing Through the Ice
Alternate Title(s):Fishing Through the Ice on Fairhaven Bay; Pickerel Fishing
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1936
Dimensions:
42 1/4 x 31 1/4 in. (107.3 x 79.4 cm)
Deposited in the Concord Free Public Library
in memory of Emilie Norton Thomas by her family, 2003
Accession number: SUPP2000.1342
Research Number: NCW: 1342
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH; adhered to reverse of panel, Renaissance Panel label, no. 446, dated 5.18.36; written on Renaissance label in long hand: New England fishing / Through the ice; inscribed in long hand directly on reverse of panel: Presented to (name withheld ) / July 26, 1969; written on top frame member: XII
ProvenanceThe artist to 1945; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to late 1940s; Collection of Emilie Norton Thomas and Edward Thomas
Exhibition HistoryUtica, NY, 1938, as "Pickerel Fishing"; Needham, MA, 1982, no numbers, as "Fishing Thru the Ice on Fairhaven Bay"; Concord, MA, Concord Museum, N. C. Wyeth's Men of Concord, April 15 - September 18, 2016, ps.48, 49;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 220; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1214, p. 552
Curatorial RemarksA composition drawing for this image is known (NCW 1451) and the Brandywine River Museum holds the lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.111) Wyeth used to transfer the drawing to the panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:digital photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Anderson Photo, Concord, MA