Lot 79
  • 79

N. C. Wyeth 1882 - 1945

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • N. C. Wyeth
  • The Man of Wales
  • signed NC WYETH (lower right)
  • oil on hardboard
  • 31 3/8 by 24 7/8 inches
  • (79.7 by 70.8 cm)
  • Painted circa 1938.

Provenance

Ginn and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1938 (commissioned from the artist)

Literature

Mabelle Glenn et al., eds., The World of Music: Song Programs for Youth; Adventure, Boston, Massachusetts, 1938, illustrated in color opp. p. 64
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 205
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, vol. II, no. I.1252, p. 567, illustrated in color p. 566

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Under UV: There is no apparent inpainting.
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