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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Untitled (view of Eight Bells)
Alternate Title(s)
- A House in Maine
ca. 1932
42 1/2 × 46 3/4 in. (108 × 118.7 cm)
91.18.1
Gift of Mrs. Eugene Ormandy, 1991
Not on view
This painting of the Wyeth family’s home in Port Clyde, Maine, offers a view into the other world of the Wyeths: the fishing communities of Mid-Coast Maine. Some of N. C. Wyeth’s most experimental work came from summers spent along the shore here. The house itself is notably named “Eight Bells” after one of the best-known paintings by another Mainer and an artist much admired by Wyeth, Winslow Homer. The phrase “eight bells” refers to a ship’s watch-keeping system, in which a bell is rung every half hour to track time at sea.
