Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Under Svenson's charge the spell of the desert took hold.
Alternate Title(s):Svenson and Maiden
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1909
Dimensions:
38 × 25 in. (96.5 × 63.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.586
Research Number: NCW: 586
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
Provenance(Carlson Gallery, Carmel, CA); (Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, CA, February 28, 1985, lot no. 1876, illustrated in color as "Svenson and Maiden"; did not sell and was returned to gallery); (?); Christie's, New York, NY, May 19, 2005, lot no. 128)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 270; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.276, p. 198
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Christie's, 4/2005