Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
You Shall Have Homes
Alternate Title(s):All Birds Shall Have Homes
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
37 × 37 in. (94 × 94 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1209
Research Number: NCW: 1209
InscribedLower left: W (circled) / TO PEGGY AND BOB / from CONVERS; lower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) '28; written on reverse: DECORATION (illegible) RED AND BLUE / FOR SOME VERSES BY SANDBERG / CALLED "ALL BIRDS SHALL HAVE HOMES" N. C. W.
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Robert and Peggy Bockius, October 1928; descended in family
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York, Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 265; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1081, p. 508
Curatorial RemarksThis image was referred to in a heading as a "Decoration" rather than an illustration, suggesting an interpretation rather than literal depiction.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 10/2004