Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Mr. Scroggs lifted up his voice in a passionate prayer.
Medium: Oil on canvas on hardboard
Date: 1906
Dimensions:
43 × 29 5/8 in. (109.2 × 75.2 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., 1992
Accession number: 92.8.3
Research Number: NCW: 231
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 06; adhered to reverse of panel, business card: Restored--Nov. 1971 / Michael Alonzo / Conservator of Paintings / "lucite" Varnish / Remove Light Solvent / [Home phone] [Home address]
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1906-1975; [Frank E. Fowler]; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., 1975-1991
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "The Art of American Illustration," Sept. 11- Nov. 21, 1976, not listed in catalogue; Harrisburg, PA, William Penn Memorial Museum, "A Salute to Pennsylvania's Artistic Heritage," March 16 - May 13, 1979; Easton, MD, Academy of the Arts, "America's Storytellers: N. C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle", Dec. 2, 1999 - Jan. 22, 2000; Chadds Ford, PA, 2002(2); Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, "Every Picture Tells a Story," April 27-Dec. 30, 2013;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 275; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.161, p. 156
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:No credit on photography