Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
title unknown (two men playing cards by candlelight in cabin)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1908 / 1915
Dimensions:
40 3/16 × 32 1/8 in. (102.1 × 81.6 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson E. Bowers, Chattanooga, TN
Accession number: SUPP2000.922
Research Number: NCW: 922
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to 1991; Collection of Richard and Marsha Rothman, 1991-1998; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE,1998); Cawley Family Collection; (Sotheby's, New York, NY, lot no. 188, May 27, 1999, not sold at auction); (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN)
Exhibition HistoryGreenville, DE, 1995
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.268, p. 194
Curatorial RemarksThis painting was part of a group of canvases, all unstretched, that was documented in 1969 for the Wyeth family. The image may relate to another unidentified illustration, NCW 1097, which features a figure that bears a striking similarity to the character on the left.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Sotheby's (3/23/99)