Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

A Sultry Day

Details

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
A Sultry Day
inscribed with title on the stretcher
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Exhibition of Landscapes and Original Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, November 1912, no. 9

Lot Essay

Executed circa 1910, this work depicts a view of the residence and barn of Burt Guest, a neighbor of the Wyeth family when they rented property in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, between 1908 and 1911.

This painting 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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