Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Homestead (N. C. Wyeth's barn)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1912 / 1914
Dimensions:
16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.859
Research Number: NCW: 859
Inscribedunsigned
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to 1982; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN, 1982)
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.70, p. 720-721
Curatorial RemarksThe artist's house and studio in Chadds Ford were completed about November 1911. By December 8, Wyeth decided to take advantage of the left-over lumber and off-season rates to have the barn constructed. "Not a very large barn," he wrote, "but including a henhouse (under the same roof) and three stalls and carriage room for three carriages....It will fall in beautifully with the general layout of the whole place" (NCW to HZW, Dec. 8, 1911, Wyeth Family Archives). This view, looking north from the artist's studio toward the south facade of the barn, was painted before the addition of an ell. The unsigned work was authenticated by Carolyn Wyeth and sold in 1982 with the title "Homestead."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Photography by Jim Madden 11/2003