NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)

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Lot 29 | NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)
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NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)

"'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.
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