N.C. Wyeth
N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) California Mission oil on canvas 39 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. 1918 Provenance: Private collection, Florida Mrs. Harlan Potts, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. DeVictor, New Jersey, 1972-1974 Private Collection, Frederick, Maryland, by 1975- to at least 1990 (see Illustration House, New York, NY, 1988, no. 62, no sale) (Illustration House, New York, NY) The Kelly Collection of American Illustration, 1995 - 1997 (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE) Cawley Family Collection (Sotheby's, New York, NY, Nov. 28, 2007, lot no. 135) (by Nov. 2010, with Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, Maine) Private Collection Literature: Thomas B. Lawler, "Essentials of American History" (Boston: Ginn & Company, 1918), color illustration facing pg. 326 Thomas B. Lawler, "Standard History of America" (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1933), reproduced in color facing p. 378 Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., "N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals" (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 209 and 233, b/w illustration p. 136 Christine B. Podmaniczky, "N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue RaisonnĂŠ of Paintings" (London: Scala, 2008), I.706, p. 364
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