Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Barber of Chadds Ford (Portrait of George Scuse)
Date: 1926
Dimensions:
approximately 32 × 26 in. (81.3 × 66 cm)
Destroyed by fire, 1969
Accession number: SUPP2000.2416
Research Number: NCW: 2416
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Albert W. Sharpless, 1928; (?); Jane Lear Smith, West Chester, PA, to ca. 1964; (?); Jack Fegley
References
"Man's original Wyeth lost in Radley Run fire," (Wilmington, DE) Morning News, May 19, 1969, p. 2; "N. C. Wyeth Work Goes Up in Smoke at Radley Run," undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, Brandywine River Museum library collection; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), P.62, p. 830
Curatorial RemarksThe portrait was destroyed on May 13, 1969, in a fire at the Radley Run Country Club (West Chester, PA) where it had been left for Andrew Wyeth's inspection. To date, no photographic record of the painting has been located.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. George Scuse from an undated photograph
Photo Credit:1. Courtesy of the Chadds Ford Historical Society