Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Cap'n Storm-Along
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1938
Dimensions:
33 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (85.1 × 62.2 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.601
Research Number: NCW: 601
InscribedScratched into ground at lower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceGinn and Company, Boston, MA; by corporate merger to present owner
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 205; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1250, p. 566
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.90) of the composition drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:© Russ Lappa