Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Sampo, cover illustration
Alternate Title(s):The Sampo, cover illustration
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
painting destroyed
Accession number: SUPP2000.2449
Research Number: NCW: 2449
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, to Oct. 27, 1916
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 198; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.413, p. 251
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Scribner's records, this painting was destroyed by Scribner's on Oct. 27, 1916 (Brandywine River Museum library, Scribner's archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:image from print source (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 4/2005