Lot Essay
This work is included in the N.C. Wyeth catalogue raisonné database that is being compiled by the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
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He Never Caught a Thing and Ruined Jon's Reputation as a Fisherman
Details
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
He Never Caught a Thing and Ruined Jon's Reputation as a Fisherman
signed and dated 'N.C. Wyeth 1913' (lower left)
oil on canvas
47 x 38 in. (119.4 x 96.5 cm.)
He Never Caught a Thing and Ruined Jon's Reputation as a Fisherman
signed and dated 'N.C. Wyeth 1913' (lower left)
oil on canvas
47 x 38 in. (119.4 x 96.5 cm.)
Provenance
The Wyeth family, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Private collection, Miami, Florida.
Christie's, New York, 13 March 1996, lot 62.
Santa Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 8 November 1997, lot 203.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Forbes Collection, New York.
Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Private collection, Miami, Florida.
Christie's, New York, 13 March 1996, lot 62.
Santa Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 8 November 1997, lot 203.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Forbes Collection, New York.
Literature
J.L. Long, War, Or What Happens When One Loves One's Enemy, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1913, illustrated as fronticepiece
B.J. Wyeth, The Letters of N.C. Wyeth, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971, p. 462
C. Forbes, "The Forbes Magazine Collection," American Art Review, June 1999, pp. 128-141; 134, illustrated
B.J. Wyeth, The Letters of N.C. Wyeth, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971, p. 462
C. Forbes, "The Forbes Magazine Collection," American Art Review, June 1999, pp. 128-141; 134, illustrated
Exhibited
New York, The Forbes Magazine Galleries, 200 Years of American Art from the Forbes Magazine Collection, May-September, 1999, no. 23