study for September Afternoon

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

study for September Afternoon

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
16 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (41.3 × 51.4 cm)
Private collection, NY
Accession number: SUPP2000.69
Research Number: NCW: 69
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN); Mr. David Edgerton, Miami, FL; (Judy Goffman Fine Art)
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1968, no. 7, as "Pre-study for Man Fishing"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 103
References Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.99, p. 729
Curatorial RemarksThis is the only known study for "September Afternoon," out of "the many studies and the deepest consideration" the artist mentioned in a letter to fellow artist and friend Sidney M. Chase (NCW to Sidney M. Chase, 9/8/1916, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photo files (digitally altered, Luna Imaging, Inc.)