Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Country Gentleman, cover illustration
Alternate Title(s):Pilgrim family offering a Thanksgiving Day prayer; An Early Thanksgiving; Country Gentleman (An Early Thanksgiving);
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1926
Dimensions:
40 5/16 x 32 1/4 in. (102.4 x 81.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.627
Research Number: NCW: 627
InscribedLower left: W (encircled) / N. C. Wyeth / 1927; on reverse of canvas: YB675 / Pd. 7-15-26 / November cover CG
Provenance?; Seberon C. Shields to 1963 and descended in family; (New York, NY, Christie's May 22, 2014, lot no. 110, as "Country Gentleman (An Early Thanksgiving)"]
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 257; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1037, p. 492, 493
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:courtesy of DuMouchelle Art Gallery
Photo Credit:courtesy of DuMouchelle Art Gallery