Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Fairy Woods
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1936
Dimensions:
30 1/8 × 32 in. (76.5 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1060
Research Number: NCW: 1060
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH - PORT CLYDE - 1936; Lower right: TO NAT AND CAROLINE / JANUARY 16 - 1937; carved on frame member: F. Coll. Wilm. Del.
ProvenanceThe artist; Nathaniel C. and Caroline Wyeth, Mendenhall, PA, 1937; descended in family
Exhibition HistoryRockland, ME, 1966, no. 72; Chadds Ford, PA, 2003
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.195, p. 765
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Ann Wyeth McCoy, the "fairy woods" was the property behind Eight Bells where the Wyeth children and grandchildren played. This painting was given to Nathaniel Wyeth and Caroline Pyle as a wedding present. As of 2003, it retains its original frame carved by Frank Coll.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 7/2003