Descriptif du lot
The present work is an illustration for Herbert Quick's 1921 frontier story “Vandermark’s Folly,” originally published in Ladies' Home Journal.
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"'Don't let me fall,' she begged…"
Details
NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)
Wyeth, N.C.
"'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.
Wyeth, N.C.
"'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.
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.
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.
Greenville, Delaware, Somerville Manning Gallery, Wyeth, 1995, cover illustration.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine Museum of Art, on extended loan.
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Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale
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