Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Catriona's Leap
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1924
Dimensions:
approximately 34 x 25 1/2 in. (86.3 x 64.7 cm)
Location unknown
Accession number: SUPP2000.1021
Research Number: NCW: 1021
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 1950; (Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY)
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 19; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 219; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.974, p. 468, 469
Curatorial RemarksThe artist's library includes Scribner's 1905 unillustrated edition of the story (NCWS.95.203) which Wyeth read and marked in preparation for the commission.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 7/11/2006