Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
(probably) Hazy Afternoon
Alternate Title(s):title unknown (view of Chadds Ford)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1908 / 1911
Dimensions:
25 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (63.8 × 76.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.501
Research Number: NCW: 501
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to approx. 1992; (Helen T. Valloti); Private collection, Devon, PA, 1992-2010; (Christies, New York, NY, Sept. 28, 2010, no. 20); (with Somerville-Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 11/2010)
Exhibition HistoryProbably Philadelphia, PA, 1912(1), no. 20 as "Hazy Afternoon"; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth and The Philadelphia Sketch Club," March 20 - May 23, 2010; Greenville, DE, Somerville Manning Gallery, "N. C. Wyeth: Painter and Illustrator," June 14-Sept. 14, 2019;
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.30, p. 710
Curatorial RemarksThis is the view looking toward Chadds Ford from the property Wyeth rented between April 1908 and March 1911. Along with NCW 45 and 2356, the three paintings comprise a progressive view down the hill toward the village.
The painting has been waxed-lined and inscriptions on the stretcher are partially obscured by the lining overlap and a heavy coating of wax. The inscription seems to be in the form of those that appear on the stretchers of paintings that were included in the artist's exhibition at the Philadelphia Sketch Club in Nov. 1912, and "noon" can be distinquished.
The painting has been waxed-lined and inscriptions on the stretcher are partially obscured by the lining overlap and a heavy coating of wax. The inscription seems to be in the form of those that appear on the stretchers of paintings that were included in the artist's exhibition at the Philadelphia Sketch Club in Nov. 1912, and "noon" can be distinquished.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:No photographer credited