Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Viking Ship
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1922
Dimensions:
33 × 31 in. (83.8 × 78.7 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.571
Research Number: NCW: 571
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; John Oliver La Gorce; Ethel Davis La Gorce Bloedorn, to 1988; Bruce and Theresa Newell, 1988 - 1995; (J. Blaine Griffith Gallery, Sewickley, PA); (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 1995); Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.56, p. 656
Exhibition HistoryLubbock, TX, 1999
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 290
Curatorial RemarksBelow the Viking ship, Wyeth painted a cartouche for the title and elaborate scroll work decorated with the Zodiac signs for Aquarius, Pisces, and Aries. A comparison of the proportions of the painting and the calendar reproduction suggest that this part of the design is extant but painted out. The Brandywine River Museum of Art holds an oversized archival photograph of the painting as originally conceived.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Transparency directly from painting; 2. digital scan of archival photograph, Brandywine River Museum library
Photo Credit:2. BRM staff