Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"You have used Carter Hall to further your personal ambitions"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1903
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.2401
Research Number: NCW: 2401
InscribedLower right: circled W (from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 278; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.14, p. 105
Curatorial RemarksThe young artist had much to learn about the printing process and its capabilities. He reported in a letter to his mother dated Sept. 9, 1903, that he had had "to separate the tones" in this picture, making the image "a little more contrasty."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from Success illustration, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2003