Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The sweet strains of music . . . stole into the consciousness of the tired girl
Alternate Title(s):Song of the South
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
32 × 30 in. (81.3 × 76.2 cm)
American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY
Accession number: SUPP2000.1726
Research Number: NCW: 1726
InscribedUpper right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 1957-58; (?); [American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY. 1998, as "A Song of the South"]
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 68; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 264; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1014, p. 486
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Archive of the American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY