Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Hiram Yoast Was Deeply in Love With Life
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1910
Dimensions:
26 × 23 3/4 in. (66 × 60.3 cm)
Private collection, New York, NY
Accession number: SUPP2000.724
Research Number: NCW: 724
InscribedLower left: N C W (underlined) / 10
ProvenanceCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Roynon Cholmeley-Jones; Private collection, CT, and descended in family
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 273; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.306, p. 212
Curatorial RemarksThe first owner of this painting, Mr. Roynon Cholmeley-Jones, was an employee of Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia prior to World War I.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:image from printed source (Brandywine River Museum, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer