December 7, 2014 14:00 EST
American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists
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Newell Convers Wyeth (American, 1882-1945)
And No Sooner Had He the Arms in his Hands But, As if They Had Put New Vigor into Him, He Flew Upon His Murderers Like a Fury
Signed 'N C Wyeth' lower left, oil on canvas, unframed
40 1/2 x 30 in. (102.9 x 76.2cm)
Provenance
The Artist.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1923.
Property from the Wilmington Institute Library.
Sold for $267,750
Estimated at $120,000 - $180,000
Signed 'N C Wyeth' lower left, oil on canvas, unframed
Provenance
The Artist.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1923.
Property from the Wilmington Institute Library.
Exhibited
"N.C. Wyeth: An Exhibition of Illustrations for Children's Classics," The Wilmington Library, Wilmington, Delaware, April 24-May 31, 1981.
(Possibly) Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1923.
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,? - October 25, 1921.
Literature
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. one, London, 2008, p. 408, no. I.823, (illustrated).
D. Allen and D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 203.
D. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, New York, 1920, opp. p. 312, (illustrated).
