Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Teels Ledge, Georges Islands, Maine
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1938
Dimensions:
25 × 30 in. (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Marguerite W. Kirk in memory of Jack Bailey Kirk, 2005
Accession number: 2005.20
Research Number: NCW: 2387
InscribedAlong bottom stretcher member: order # (829); right stretcher member stamped with illegible maker's mark
ProvenanceThe artist; (?); Hercules Powder Company, to 1977; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bailey Kirk, to 2005
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.212, p. 771
Curatorial RemarksSince Wyeth generally worked in oil on canvas prior to painting the same image on hardboard, it is likely that this canvas predates the 1938 version (NCW 892), even though it appears more finished than the later work. The title derives from the hardboard version.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 1/5/2006