Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Christmas Day
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1921
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Location unknown
Accession number: SUPP2000.2241
Research Number: NCW: 2241
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenanceCharles Daniel Frey, Chicago, IL
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 287; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.53, p. 655
Curatorial RemarksThe Canterbury Company of Chicago, owned by advertising executive Charles Daniel Frey, published a complete bank advertising service which included posters used as window displays. By 1947, Frey could not account for the whereabouts of this painting (Charles Daniel Frey to James P. Simpson, Feb. 14, 1947, Brandywine River Museum Library). The text, not part of the original art work, was added to the posters during the printing process.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from printed source (Delaware Art Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 12/14/2006