Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Pa and Ma Forrester
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: 1939
Dimensions:
15 3/8 x 13 in. (39 x 33 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1357
Research Number: NCW: 1357
InscribedBelow image: N. C. W.; bottom right: Pa and Ma Forrester
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; (Nicholas Wyeth ca. 1970)
References
N. C. Wyeth, Income Tax Notes for 1939 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum); Betsy James Wyeth, The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p. 795; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 215
Curatorial Remarks"Four days after Nat's arrival (in Port Clyde, Maine), I completed the last vestige of work for The Yearling. This included two extra drawings for the special edition..." (NCW to Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Hurd, Aug. 27, 1939, WFA).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork