Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Sitter:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Self-portrait as a Young Man
Alternate Title(s):N. C. Wyeth as a Young Man; N. C. Wyeth the Young Man; Self-portrait in Engineer's Cap
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1906
Dimensions:
20 1/8 × 16 1/4 in. (51.1 × 41.3 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1985
Accession number: 85.10.116
Research Number: NCW: 81
Inscribedadhered to frame on reverse, a piece of masking tape in Betsy James Wyeth's hand: Self Portrait As A Young Man-by / N. C. Wyeth--owned by Betsy / J. Wyeth 19 1/2 x 15 1/2; three labels adhered to frame: [1] BRM (1972) titled Self-Portrait in Engineer's Cap; [2] on brown label (identical to label paper on NCW 308) Self-portrait in Engineer's Cap / 1906 / oil on canvas / Lent anonymously (sticker, with "10" to right of label); [3] 12. N. C. WYETH AS A YOUNG MAN / Loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth
ProvenanceMrs. N.C. Wyeth, 1945-1963; Mr.and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1963-1985
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 10, as "N. C. Wyeth the Young Man"; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 12, as "N. C. Wyeth As A Young Man"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 26, as "Self-Portrait in Engineer's Cap"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1973(1); Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 23, as "Self-Portrait in Engineer's Cap"
References
Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989 (Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1991), p. 200, as "Self-Portrait in Engineer's Cap"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), P.7, p. 801
Curatorial RemarksIn 1973, Betsy James Wyeth recalled that she found this portrait in the small attic space above the studio prop room. (Brandywine River Museum of Art exhibition files)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting