Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
After the Day's Work
Alternate Title(s):Arriving Home
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1924 / 1926
Dimensions:
36 × 24 in. (91.4 × 61 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1345
Research Number: NCW: 1345
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenancePrivate collection, MA; (Christie's, New York, NY, Sept. 22, 1993, lot no. 230 as "Arriving Home"); Private collection, PA, 1993-2016; (Philadelphia, PA, Freeman's, June 5, 2016, lot no. 80);
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 199; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.979, p. 471; Diego Cordoba, "N. C. Wyeth," in Illustrators Magazine (London: The Book Place), Autumn 2018, issue 23, illus. p. 24
Curatorial RemarksNote that this book was originally published in 2 volumes, one for the 7th grade and one for the 8th grade, in 1921. (Copies held at Millbank Library, Columbia University). These earlier editions have not been examined, but may prove that painting dates from ca. 1921.
Given the rather universal nature of the subject matter, it's likely that this painting was done for another use--possibly a magazine cover--and then sold to Ginn & Company.
Given the rather universal nature of the subject matter, it's likely that this painting was done for another use--possibly a magazine cover--and then sold to Ginn & Company.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Christie's, 1993