Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
title unknown (Chadds Ford landscape with white barn)
Alternate Title(s):McVey's Barn; Pyle's Barn
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1917 / 1918
Dimensions:
25 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (63.8 × 76.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.787
Research Number: NCW: 787
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse, 2 (Knoedler's) labels at the top of stretcher, 1: No. 54838 / Picture; 2: N. C. WYETH 54838 / McVey's Barn / Ex. No. 17
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth (with Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, to April 1964, no. 54838 and CA6919); (Stephen Jackson Gallery, Centerville, DE, 1964); Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 17, as "McVey's Barn"; Bridgeport, CT, 1974, no. NC6, as "Pyle's Barn"; Chadds Ford, PA, 2002(1)
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.126, p. 739
Curatorial RemarksReceived at Knoedler's as "Farm Scene (Farmer and Pigs)" (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonne files, Knoedler inventory, Sept. 18, 1956), this painting was exhibited the following year as "McVey's Barn, " and in 1974 as "Pyle's Barn." The structure and its location still have not been identified with certainty. NCW 2110 is an oil sketch for the present work.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Joe Painter, 1995