Lot Essay
The present work was painted as a cover illustration for Progressive Farmer magazine but was never published.
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The Husking Bee
Details
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
The Husking Bee
signed 'N.C. Wyeth' (lower right)--signed again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on panel
33½ x 25 in. (85.1 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1941.
The Husking Bee
signed 'N.C. Wyeth' (lower right)--signed again and inscribed with title (on the reverse)
oil on panel
33½ x 25 in. (85.1 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted in 1941.
Provenance
Woman's Day, 1945.
William Serio, acquired from the above.
Private collection, California, by descent.
Christie's, New York, 23 May 2001, lot 89.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
William Serio, acquired from the above.
Private collection, California, by descent.
Christie's, New York, 23 May 2001, lot 89.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
Woman's Day, October 1946, cover illustration.
D. Allen, D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 279.
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. II, London, 2008, pp. 587-88, no. I.1308, illustrated.
D. Allen, D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 279.
C.B. Podmaniczky, N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. II, London, 2008, pp. 587-88, no. I.1308, illustrated.