NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)

Details

NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)

Venetian Mask, A Romance

signed Wyeth and inscribed To David & Victorine Biddle from N.C.W. 1937, l.l.--oil on canvas
24 x 25in. (61 x 63.5cm.)

Provenance

David and Victorine Biddle, Wilmington, Delaware
Mrs. Sarah Biddle, Wilmington, Delaware
by descent in the family

Literature

R. Sabatini, Venetian Mask, A Romance, New York, 1934, illus. (dust jacket cover)

Exhibited

Lot Essay

Christine Podmaniczky of the N.C. Wyeth project at the Brandywine River Museum has dated this painting circa 1934. The painting was inscribed and given to Victorine and David Biddle in 1937. The Biddles were the owners of Hardcastle's, an art supply store and gallery in Wilmington, Delaware.