Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (study of a man in top hat with umbrella)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1903/1904
Dimensions:
22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2634
Research Number: NCW: 2634
Inscribedupper left: To Friend Thawnton / From Losh
ProvenanceN. C. Wyeth; gift to Thornton Oakley; descended in family to at least 2009
Curatorial RemarksThis is a study undoubtedly done in a Howard Pyle class where the subject was a costumed model. According to N. C. Wyeth's letters, Thornton Oakley's mother spoke in a broad accent and dropped the "r" in her son's name; Wyeth was probably trying to achieve an approximation of her pronunciation with his misspelling of Thornton. Among his fellow Pyle students, N. C. Wyeth was known as "Losh."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:digital image from artwork
Photo Credit:courtesy of the owner (2009)