Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Early Snow
Alternate Title(s):Snowy Landscape
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1915 / 1918
Dimensions:
16 1/8 × 20 in. (41 × 50.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.316
Research Number: NCW: 316
InscribedOn stretcher, remnants of rectangular red and white gummed label (handwriting obscurred by wax lining)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to at least 1984; (?); (Judy & Alan Goffman Fine American Paintings, Bluebell, PA, 1985, as "Snowy Landscape"); (?); private collection, PA; (William H. Bunch Auction, Chadds Ford, PA, Oct. 21, 2003, lot no. 703C, as "Early Snow"); (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE)
Exhibition HistoryGreenville, DE, Somerville Manning Gallery, "N. C. Wyeth, Illustrations and Landscape Paintings," Oct. 13--Nov. 11, 2006, illus. on title page of cat.;
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.95, p. 727-728
Curatorial RemarksThe authority for the early provenance of this work rests with "A List of Paintings owned by Carolyn Wyeth," on paper with a letterhead of the dealer Frank E. Fowler and dated September 6, 1984 (Carolyn Wyeth notes on the collection of her father's paintings, BRM library). The painting is probably number 4, "landscape -- hill in yellow ochre, trees, snow melting -- 16 x 20 inches." The painting may also be catalogued in Carolyn Wyeth's inventory of work by N. C. Wyeth on a card that reads: No. 26 / "Snow in Woods" / Chadds Ford / 16 x 20 oil (BRM library). When auctioned in 2003, the painting was accompanied by a handwritten note from Carolyn Wyeth: "Early Snow" / by N. C. Wyeth / oil -- painted / 1922 / this is written by / his daughter / 1989 Carolyn Wyeth. Carolyn Wyeth's date is probably not correct; the Wyeths lived in Needham in 1922, not Chadds Ford.
The Brandywine River Museum holds a painting by Leal Mack which is very similar in subject, palette, and technique, so similar the two artists may have painted the views at the same time ("Stackpole" by Leal Mack, BRM 78.24.2). Mack lived in the Chadds Ford area and studied with Wyeth from fall 1915 through at least July 1919, providing the circa date for this painting.
The Brandywine River Museum holds a painting by Leal Mack which is very similar in subject, palette, and technique, so similar the two artists may have painted the views at the same time ("Stackpole" by Leal Mack, BRM 78.24.2). Mack lived in the Chadds Ford area and studied with Wyeth from fall 1915 through at least July 1919, providing the circa date for this painting.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy William H. Bunch Auctions