Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (farm yard scene)
Alternate Title(s):New England Farm Yard Scene
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1902
Dimensions:
18 × 22 in. (45.7 × 55.9 cm)
Martha Wyeth Elkins, British Columbia
Accession number: SUPP2000.500
Research Number: NCW: 500
InscribedFrom photograph, appears unsigned on front; possible lower left from slide
ProvenanceThe artist; Edwin Wyeth; Irving Wyeth
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p. 15
Curatorial RemarksThis work is probably one of two pictures Wyeth referred to in a letter he wrote in May, 1902, while studying in Mystic, Connecticut, with Charles H. Davis: "Have tackled two big cow subjects 18 x 22 including New England barn yard scene" (Betsy James Wyeth, ed., p. 15)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from artwork
Photo Credit:hardcover: Rick Echelmeyer, digital photography from slide, 12/1/2006