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The Supplicant Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Supplicant Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)

Brandywine Museum of Art, Anonymous gift, 1981

Accession number: 81.18.2
Research Number: NCW: 47
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse, on stretcher, remnants of Scribner's label; label adhered to stretcher: No. 67868 / FRAME.
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, NY; Clifton Waller Barrett, Charlottesville, VA, to 1970 (Knoedler Galleries, 1968-1970); Private collection, Greenville, DE, 1971-1981
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1920(3), no. 562; Brookings, SD, 1973, no. 21; Bridgeport, CT, 1974, no. NC 5; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Ligonier, PA, Westmoreland County Art Association, "Ligonier Valley Bicentennial Art Show," July 19 - Aug. 6, 1976, no. 2; Princeton, NJ, 1977, no. 30; Harrisburg, PA, William Penn Memorial Museum, "A Salute to Pennsylvania's Artistic Heritage," March 16 - May 13, 1979; Elmira, NY, 1985, p. 28; Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990; Lubbock, TX, 1999; Akron, OH, Akron Museum of Art, June 15 - Sept. 1, 2002, and Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, Sept. 21 - Nov. 17, 2002, "N. C. Wyeth from the Brandywine River Museum Collection"
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 202; Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989 (Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy. 1991), p. 210, b/w illustration p. 207; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.761, p. 388-389
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and marked an edition published by A. L. Burt (Brandywine River Museum of Art, NCWS.95.4334).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 2000