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Lot 92: Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

Est: $120,000 USD - $180,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 30, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
Think What Might Happen if It Was Not Protected by Those Hills!
signed 'N.C. Wyeth' (upper right)
oil on canvas
32 x 40 in. (81.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1913.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Portland, Maine, Portland Museum of Art, N.C. Wyeth, Precious Time, September 22-October 15, 2000.

Literature

R. Norton, "Hardpan & Co.," The Sunday Magazine, August 3, 1913, p. 3, illustrated.
D. Allen, D. Allen Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 282.
Portland Museum of Art, N.C. Wyeth, Precious Time, exhibition catalogue, Portland, Maine, 2000, p. 56.
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, London, 2008, p. 290, no. I.514, illustrated.

Provenance

The artist.
Mrs. N.C. Wyeth, wife of the above.
Carolyn Wyeth, daughter of the above.
[With]Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
[With]Wyeth Hurd Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Private collection, Mexico.
[With]Wyeth Hurd Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.

Notes

Property from a New York Corporate Collection

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
Think What Might Happen if It Was Not Protected by Those Hills!
signed 'N.C. Wyeth' (upper right)
oil on canvas
32 x 40 in. (81.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1913.

Auction Details

Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

by
Christie's
November 30, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

502 Park Avenue at 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, US