Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Mosquito Island
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1930 / 1934
Dimensions:
25 × 30 in. (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.910
Research Number: NCW: 910
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, not in NCW's hand)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth, to 1994
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 2003
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.162, p. 752
Curatorial RemarksMosquito Island appears to be one of Wyeth's more abstract views of the coastline, but a photograph of the actual location taken years later proves that the painted scene corresponds quite closely to the natural abstraction of the site. The authority for the title rests with Andrew Wyeth.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 11/2002