Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
A Maine Village
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1937
Dimensions:
36 × 40 1/8 in. (91.4 × 101.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1034
Research Number: NCW: 1034
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 1950; gift to first owner and descended in family
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 85, as "Maine Landscape"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.203, p. 768
Curatorial RemarksAuthority for the title comes from a letter written by Mrs. N. C. Wyeth which accompanied the gift, referring to the painting as "A Maine Village."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Paul Mutino, 9/2006