Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from the Estate of William D. Weiss, Wyoming
N.C. Wyeth
"Don't let me fall," she begged
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of William D. Weiss, Wyoming
N.C. Wyeth
1882 - 1945
"Don't let me fall," she begged
signed N.C. Wyeth (upper left)
oil on canvas
40 ¼ by 30 ¼ in.
102.2 by 76.8 cm.
Executed in 1921.
The artist
Wyeth Family
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut (acquired by 1972)
[with] Hammer Galleries, New York (acquired by 1996)
[with] Barney Wyckoff Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Acquired from the above in 1996 by the present owner
Wyeth Family
Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut (acquired by 1972)
[with] Hammer Galleries, New York (acquired by 1996)
[with] Barney Wyckoff Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Acquired from the above in 1996 by the present owner
Herbert Quick, "Vandemark's Folly," Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 38, 1921, no. 11, p. 21, illustrated
Herbert Quick, Vandemark's Folly, Indianapolis, 1922, p. 191, illustrated
Richard Layton, Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950 [unpublished Wyeth Family archives], no. 69
Douglas Allen & Douglas Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, pp. 235, 262
John Chambless, "N.C. Wyeth: New Exhibit Looks at Rarely Seen Works," Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1995, p. D1, illustrated
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, no. 883, p. 430, illustrated
Herbert Quick, Vandemark's Folly, Indianapolis, 1922, p. 191, illustrated
Richard Layton, Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950 [unpublished Wyeth Family archives], no. 69
Douglas Allen & Douglas Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, pp. 235, 262
John Chambless, "N.C. Wyeth: New Exhibit Looks at Rarely Seen Works," Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1995, p. D1, illustrated
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, no. 883, p. 430, illustrated
New York, Hammer Galleries, The Wyeths, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth, 1995, no. 21, illustrated on cover
Greenville, Delaware, Somerville Manning Gallery, Wyeth, 1995, illustrated on the cover
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine Museum of Art (on loan)