Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
title unknown (Chadds Ford landscape with brook)
Alternate Title(s):possibly Spring Sunlight
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1910
Dimensions:
25 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (63.8 × 76.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1220
Research Number: NCW: 1220
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 10; marked on one stretcher member in black paint or ink: (illegible)PRING / NO. (illegible, possibly a 3, 6 or 8)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Lynch, Sr., Wilmington, DE; Mr. and Mrs. William F. Lynch II, Wilmington, DE, to 2008;
Exhibition HistoryProbably Philadelphia, PA, 1912(1), as "Spring Sunlight"; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth and The Philadelphia Sketch Club," March 20 - May 23, 2010;
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.46, p. 714
Curatorial RemarksThis painting was clearly a favorite of the artist. In a photograph filed with letters dated December 1911, it is shown hanging on the south wall in the living room of the Wyeth house; the painting is in the same position in a 1917 photograph (both, Wyeth Family Archives). From the photographs, the frame appears to be a rather heavy, deep gilt molding with a substantial light-colored liner.
Markings on the stretcher suggest that the painting was exhibited at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. The markings do not correspond to the catalogue listing (see NCW 250, 935 and 936 which also do not correspond) but the most likely entry would be "No. 3, Spring Sunlight".
Markings on the stretcher suggest that the painting was exhibited at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. The markings do not correspond to the catalogue listing (see NCW 250, 935 and 936 which also do not correspond) but the most likely entry would be "No. 3, Spring Sunlight".
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 5/2002