Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Santa
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1932
Dimensions:
30 × 42 1/8 in. (76.2 × 107 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.344
Research Number: NCW: 344
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 192_ (last digit illegible, 0 or 9)
ProvenanceThe artist; Nathaniel Convers Wyeth, to late 1950s or early 1960s; private collection, Wilmington, DE, to 2011; (Christie's, New York, NY, Nov. 30, 2011, lot no. 93);
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "The Faces of Old Kris," Nov. 24, 1977- Jan. 8, 1978, illustration on front of exhibition folder
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 309; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.78, p. 664
Curatorial RemarksNo earlier use of this image has yet come to light. The date on the front of the canvas is painted in a color different from the signature which indicates that it was probably added at a later time.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. transparency directly from painting; 2. digital image directly from archival material
Photo Credit:1. Rick Echelmeyer, 12/2005; 2. BRM scan