Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
"--and thus I every now and then took a little voyage upon the sea,"
signed 'N.C. Wyeth' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40½ x 30 in. (102.9 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1920.
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
"--and thus I every now and then took a little voyage upon the sea,"
signed 'N.C. Wyeth' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40½ x 30 in. (102.9 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1920.
The artist.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1923.
D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, New York, 1920, opp. p. 182, illustrated.
D. Allen and D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 203.
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. one, London, 2008, p. 406, no. I.818, illustrated.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Art Alliance, ?-October 25, 1921.
(Possibly) Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Public Library, April 1923.
Wilmington, Delaware, The Wilmington Library, N.C. Wyeth: An Exhibition of Illustrations for Children's Classics, April 24-May 31, 1981.
Please note that the present lot is being offered without a frame.
