ID 1182856
Lot 29 | NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
"'Don't let me fall,' she begged…"
signed 'N.C. Wyeth (upper left)
oil on canvas
40 ¼ x 30 ¼ in. (102.2 x 76.8 cm.)
Painted in 1921.
Provenance
The artist.
Wyeth family.
Private collection, Greenwich, Connecticut, by 1972.
Hammer Galleries, New York, by 1996.
Barney Wyckoff Gallery, Aspen, Colorado.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1996.
Literature
H. Quick, "Vandemark's Folly," Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 38, no. 11, 1921, p. 21, illustrated.
H. Quick, Vandemark's Folly, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1922, p. 191, illustrated
R. Layton, Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950, no. 69.
D. Allen, D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, pp. 235, 262.
J. Chambless, "N.C. Wyeth: New Exhibit Looks at Rarely Seen Works," Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1995, p. D1, illustrated.
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 430, no. 883, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Hammer Galleries, The Wyeths: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth, 1995, no. 21, cover illustration.
Greenville, Delaware, Somerville Manning Gallery, Wyeth, 1995, cover illustration.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine Museum of Art, on extended loan.
| Artist: | Newell Convers Wyeth (1882 - 1945) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Newell Convers Wyeth (1882 - 1945) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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