'And sarched for 'em far and near'

Details

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
'And sarched for 'em far and near'
signed with artist's initial 'W' (center left)
oil on canvas
15 x 20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm.)

Provenance

The artist, until 1945.
Mrs. N.C. Wyeth, wife of the artist.
Carloyn Wyeth, by descent in the family.
Private collection.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1999.

Literature

J. Hay, The Pike County Ballads, Boston, Massachusetts, 1912, p. 17, illustrated

Exhibited

New York, Knoedler & Company, Exhibition of Paintings by N.C. Wyeth, 1882-1945, 1957, no. 78 (as Three Men with a Torch in the Snow)
Lubbock, Texas, West Texas Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by the Wyeths, no. 22 (as Three Men with a Torch in the Snow)
Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, A Century of Wyeths, 1999, illustrated

Lot Essay

The title of this painting comes from the line that it illustrates in J. Hay's The Pike County Ballads which reads: "And sarched for 'em far and near." The work is catalogued by the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy as The Pike County Ballads, untitled headpiece.

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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