Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The last morning Rowena came to my fire and, snatching the spider from me, took the job off my hands, baking the cakes while I ate
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
32 × 40 in. (81.3 × 101.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.780
Research Number: NCW: 780
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to a family member and descended in family
Exhibition HistoryNeedham, MA, 1967, no. 14
References
Caroline B. King, "Cookery in the Mississippi Valley," Ladies' Home Journal, vol. XLI, no. 11 (Nov. 1924), illustration p. 135; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 262; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.881, p. 429
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Thomas Lingner/The Able Lens, 9/28/2006