Ogier and Morgana Ogier dismounted and took some steps along the stream, but was soon stopped by meeting a young beauty, such as they paint the graces.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Ogier and Morgana Ogier dismounted and took some steps along the stream, but was soon stopped by meeting a young beauty, such as they paint the graces.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1924

Dimensions:

34 × 25 in. (86.4 × 63.5 cm)

Private collection

Accession number: SUPP2000.480

Research Number: NCW: 480

Inscribedlower right: N C WYETH; upper right: N. C. WYETH / 192(last digit illegible)

ProvenanceThe artist; gift to William W. Lewis, 1929; descended in family; [New York, NY, Sotheby's, Nov. 19, 2019, lot no. ]

References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 200; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.987, p. 474

Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an unillustrated earlier edition of this book that the artist read and annotated in preparation for the commission (NCWS.95.183).
William W. Lewis was an employee of General Motors, who visited Wyeth's studio at the invitation of the artist's son Nathaniel.

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting

Photo Credit:Susan Byrne, Brookline Village, MA

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Ogier and Morgana Ogier dismounted and took some steps along the stream, but was soon stopped by meeting a young beauty, such as they paint the graces.

N.C. Wyeth

Ogier and Morgana Ogier dismounted and took some steps along the stream, but was soon stopped by meeting a young beauty, such as they paint the graces.