Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (sketch of rocks dusted with snow)
Alternate Title(s):Winter Rocks
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1912 / 1913
Dimensions:
15 x 20 in. (38 x 50 cm), approximately
Private collection, PA
Accession number: SUPP2000.418
Research Number: NCW: 418
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth, to at least 1982; (?); (Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, 1986, as "Winter Rocks"); Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Valloti
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.73, p. 721
Curatorial RemarksBlack and white photographs at the Brandywine River Museum show this painting with no signature in the lower right. It is likely that the present signature was added by Carolyn Wyeth or Andrew Wyeth. The quick sketch is probably of one of the boulders on Rocky Hill.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Color print from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, PA