Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Vision of New York
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1926
Dimensions:
48 1/4 × 32 3/8 in. (122.6 × 82.2 cm)
Brooklyn Museum, 69.83
Gift of the New York Telephone Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.686
Research Number: NCW: 686
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH / 1926
ProvenanceNew York Telephone Company, 1926 - 1969
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 249, 295; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.61, p. 657
Curatorial RemarksThe artist faithfully illustrated a passage from Washington Irving's Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York. Extant in the artist's studio is a copy of the book (Brandywine River Museum, NCWS.95.669) inscribed on the first blank page: N. C. Wyeth / 1923.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum