American Art
American Art
Property from the Estate of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
N.C. Wyeth
Mr. Campbell, The Minister of Essendean (With that he prayed a little while aloud, and in affecting terms, for a young man setting out into the world)
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November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
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Property from the Estate of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
N.C. Wyeth
1882 - 1945
Mr. Campbell, The Minister of Essendean (With that he prayed a little while aloud, and in affecting terms, for a young man setting out into the world)
signed NC Wyeth and inscribed © CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 40 by 32 inches (101.6 by 81.3 cm)
framed: 47 ½ by 39 ½ inches (120.6 by 100.3 cm)
Painted in 1913.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1954 (acquired from the above)
Clement R. Hoopes, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1964 (acquired from the above)
Sold: Richard W. Withington Auction, Andover, Massachusetts, January 9, 1971
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1973
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1954 (acquired from the above)
Clement R. Hoopes, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1964 (acquired from the above)
Sold: Richard W. Withington Auction, Andover, Massachusetts, January 9, 1971
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1973
Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751, New York, 1913, p. 7, illustrated
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 218
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, no. I-465, p. 268-9, illustrated
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 218
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, no. I-465, p. 268-9, illustrated
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Exhibition of Paintings by N.C. Wyeth, 1882-1945, October-November 1957, no. 61 (as Mr. Campbell Gives David Balfour His Blessing)
Lubbock, Texas, West Texas Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by the Wyeths, October-December 1959, no. 10
Rockland, Maine, William A. Farnsworth Library and Museum, An Exhibition of Paintings from the World of N.C. Wyeth, July-September 1966, no. 27
Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, N.C. Wyeth, March-May 1974, no. 105
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, Romance and Adventure with Pictures by N.C. Wyeth, January-May 1976
Lubbock, Texas, West Texas Museum, Exhibition of Paintings by the Wyeths, October-December 1959, no. 10
Rockland, Maine, William A. Farnsworth Library and Museum, An Exhibition of Paintings from the World of N.C. Wyeth, July-September 1966, no. 27
Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, N.C. Wyeth, March-May 1974, no. 105
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, Romance and Adventure with Pictures by N.C. Wyeth, January-May 1976