Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Summer Landscape--Brook
Alternate Title(s):untitled (rough oil sketch of Chadds Ford landscape)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: not dated
Dimensions:
15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm)
The Phyllis and Jamie Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1420
Research Number: NCW: 1420
Inscribedl.l.: N. C. WYETH (not in NCW's hand); both 16" stretchers stamped with a brown embossed manufacturer’s trademark (palette and calipers), inscribed: ANCO BILT (on palette) / Glendale, NY; written on 20" stretcher bar: 4 (circled) / 146 / Summer / Landscape / Brook
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth through at least 1969; ?; Private collection, NY, 2011- 2015;
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), L.93, p. 727
Curatorial RemarksThe painting was photographed in black and white in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files). Until 2011, that photographic record was the only known documentation of this work. The painting was signed by a member of the Wyeth family other than the artist. The title on the stretcher, which may be a copy of a title on the original stretcher, is consistent with the type of titles NCW gave to these impressionist style paintings.
Karol A. Schmeigel suggested a relationship with NCW 1196.
Karol A. Schmeigel suggested a relationship with NCW 1196.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. photography directly from painting; 2. Archival photograph, Brandywine River Museum
Photo Credit:1. Photo courtesy of Joyce Hill Stoner; 2. digitally photographed by Rick Echelmeyer