Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Untitled (sail boat; verso, fragment of a design for Good Bye Sweet Day)
Medium: recto: Graphite and watercolor on heavy paper; verso: ink
Date: Prior to 1902
Dimensions:
7 × 10 15/16 in. (17.8 × 27.8 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2246.367
Research Number: NCW: 2246.367
Provenancedescended in Wyeth family
Curatorial RemarksBJW note: 1896-1897;Other pieces that relate to the "Good Bye Sweet Day" design are NCW 2246.392 and NCW 2570 (96.1.197). The title may be a reference to "Good Bye Sweet Day," a poem by Celia Thaxter first published Dec. 1879 in Scribner's.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer