Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Self-portrait with Pipe
Medium: Oil on canvas on hardboard
Date: 1915 / 1920
Dimensions:
16 1/4 × 13 in. (41.3 × 33 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.137
Research Number: NCW: 137
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Gladys Pond Wyeth, ca. 1923; Collection of Mr. Homer and Gretchen Wyeth Underwood, Detroit, MI; private collection to 2013; (New York, NY, Christies, Dec. 5, 2013, lot no. 108)
Exhibition HistorySpartanburg, SC, Wofford College Library, April 9 - 30, 1970; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 114; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 1
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), P.18, p. 806; Diego Cordoba, "N. C. Wyeth," in Illustrators Magazine (London: The Book Place), Autumn 2018, issue 23, illus. p. 11
Curatorial RemarksOral history maintains that this portrait was given to Gladys Pond Wyeth (who married N. C. Wyeth's brother Nathaniel in 1909) during a visit to the artist in his studio at Needham, Massachusetts. (The N. C. Wyeth family lived in Needham from the fall of 1921 until the summer of 1923.) According to her daugher, the self-portrait was at that time unstretched and stored rather carelessly.
The painting, originally on linen canvas, had been laid onto multiply cardboard. During conservation treatment in June 2013, the board was removed and the canvas lined, slightly changing the dimensions of the painting.
The painting, originally on linen canvas, had been laid onto multiply cardboard. During conservation treatment in June 2013, the board was removed and the canvas lined, slightly changing the dimensions of the painting.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Michael Tropea, 7/2006