'And sarched for 'em far and near'

Price realised USD 32,900

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Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

'And sarched for 'em far and near'

Price realised USD 32,900

Closed: 29 Nov 2001

Price realised USD 32,900

Closed: 29 Nov 2001

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Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
'And sarched for 'em far and near'
signed with artist's initial 'W' (center left)
oil on canvas
15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)

The artist, until 1945.
Mrs. N.C. Wyeth, wife of the artist.
Carloyn Wyeth, by descent in the family.
Private collection.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1999.

J. Hay, The Pike County Ballads, Boston, Massachusetts, 1912, p. 17, illustrated

New York, Knoedler & Company, Exhibition of Paintings by N.C. Wyeth, 1882-1945, 1957, no. 78 (as Three Men with a Torch in the Snow)
Lubbock, Texas, West Texas Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by the Wyeths, no. 22 (as Three Men with a Torch in the Snow)
Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, A Century of Wyeths, 1999, illustrated

Lot Essay

The title of this painting comes from the line that it illustrates in J. Hay's which reads: "And sarched for 'em far and near." The work is catalogued by the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy as .

This painting is included in the N.C. Wyeth database that is being compiled by the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

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