Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Title unknown (Christmas scene at the Holly Tree Tavern)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1929
Dimensions:
28 1/2 × 70 in. (72.4 × 177.8 cm)
The Kelly Collection of American Illustration
Accession number: SUPP2000.2365
Research Number: NCW: 2365
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); across bottom: Interwoven Socks for Christmas
ProvenanceWith Viacom, NY, NY by 7/2000 (ownership from various corporate mergers)
Exhibition HistoryKnoxville, TN, Knoxville Museum of Art, "Distant Lands: the Art of the Story / Works from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration, 1894-1938," Jan. 19 - May 6, 2001, no. 48, illus. in color p. 47; New York, NY, Dahesh Museum, "Stories to Tell: Masterworks from the Kelly Collection of American Illustration," Feb. 14 - May 21, 2006, no. 90, illus. 77;
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.69, p. 660
Curatorial RemarksThis image was printed on canvas banners measuring approximately 15 x 42 inches that were probably used as advertising display pieces. "Interwoven Socks for Christmas" was painted below the image. Later, private collector had the slogan removed.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:digital image directly from painting