Lot Essay
The present work was published on the cover of the February 22, 1908 issue of the Saturday Evening Post as an illustration for Stuart Edward White's story entitled "The Partners."
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Portrait of a Lumberjack
Details
NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (1882-1945)
Portrait of a Lumberjack
signed with initial 'W' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1908.
Portrait of a Lumberjack
signed with initial 'W' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1908.
Provenance
American Illustrators Gallery, New York, circa 1994.
MBNA America, Wilmington, Delaware.
Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, 2002.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Gift to the present owner from the above.
MBNA America, Wilmington, Delaware.
Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, 2002.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Gift to the present owner from the above.
Literature
Saturday Evening Post, February 22, 1908, cover illustration.
D. Allen, D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 272.
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 182, no. I.227, illustrated.
D. Allen, D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 272.
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. I, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 182, no. I.227, illustrated.
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