Lot Essay
This work was likely given to Gladys Pond Wyeth by the artist during a visit to his Needham, Massachusetts, studio, where he worked from 1921 to 1923. Gladys married Wyeth's brother Nathaniel in 1909.
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Self-Portrait with Pipe
Details
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
Self-Portrait with Pipe
oil on canvas
16¼ x 13 in. (41.3 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1915-20.
Self-Portrait with Pipe
oil on canvas
16¼ x 13 in. (41.3 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1915-20.
Provenance
The artist.
Gladys Pond Wyeth, sister-in-law of the artist, gift from the above, circa 1923.
Gretchen Wyeth Underwood, Detroit, Michigan, by descent.
By descent to the present owner.
Gladys Pond Wyeth, sister-in-law of the artist, gift from the above, circa 1923.
Gretchen Wyeth Underwood, Detroit, Michigan, by descent.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. 2, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 806, no. P18 (137), illustrated.
Exhibited
Spartanburg, South Carolina, Wofford College Library, April 9-30, 1970. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, and elsewhere, N.C. Wyeth, May 20-October 15, 1972, no. 114.
Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, N.C. Wyeth, March 9-May 26, 1974, no. 1.
Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Museum of Art, N.C. Wyeth, March 9-May 26, 1974, no. 1.