Lot 131
  • 131

N.C. Wyeth 1882-1945

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
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Description

  • N. C. Wyeth
  • We're on our Way
  • signed N.C. Wyeth twice, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 45 by 33 in.
  • (114.3 by 83.8 cm)
  • Painted in 1942.

Provenance

Reese Palley Gallery, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Montell USA Corporation
Schoonover Studios, Ltd., WIlmington, Delaware
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1999

Exhibited

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, Reflections of American History, June-September 1976

Literature

Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 289
Tom Brokaw and David Michaelis, One Nation, Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N.C. Wyeth and James Wyeth, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000, no. 41, illustrated in color p. 44

Condition

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Catalogue Note

This painting was published as a U.S. War Bonds Poster and originally included tanks and planes flying overhead.  At some time following publication, Wyeth painted over the planes and tanks, preferring this version.