Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Untitled (N. C. Wyeth's barn)
Alternate Title(s):Landscape with Man with Ladder; N. C. Wyeth's Barn
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1917
Dimensions:
15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1329
Research Number: NCW: 1329
InscribedLower right: N. C. W.
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth (and with Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, 1957 through at least Feb. 1966, #7844 / 54832, as "Landscape with Man with Ladder"); Private collection, NC, and descended in family; (Copley Fine Arts Auctions, Plymouth, MA, July 22-23, 2010);
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 16, as "N. C. Wyeth's Barn"; Greenville, DE, Somerville Manning Gallery, "N. C. Wyeth: Painter and Illustrator," June 14-Sept. 14, 2019;
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.118, p. 737
Curatorial RemarksThis is the view of Wyeth's barn, looking north from his studio to the south facade. The presence of the ell indicates that this painting was executed later than NCW 859.
It is likely that another image lies under the present one. After a technical examination conservator Ruth Barach Cox noted that "the paint color seen along the edges for the most part does not appear to play an active role in the final layers....in areas where cleavage and loss of paint on the (image) surface have exposed underlying paint, the color exposed makes little sense with the current composition." (Ruth Barach Cox, "Examination Summay," Feb. 15, 2006). Subsequent x-radiography did not reveal an identifiable image, suggesting the underpainting was an earlier, undocumented landscape rather than a published illustration.
It is likely that another image lies under the present one. After a technical examination conservator Ruth Barach Cox noted that "the paint color seen along the edges for the most part does not appear to play an active role in the final layers....in areas where cleavage and loss of paint on the (image) surface have exposed underlying paint, the color exposed makes little sense with the current composition." (Ruth Barach Cox, "Examination Summay," Feb. 15, 2006). Subsequent x-radiography did not reveal an identifiable image, suggesting the underpainting was an earlier, undocumented landscape rather than a published illustration.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Paul Geoffrion