The Thanksgiving Feast
oil on canvas
108 by 274 in.
274.3 by 696 cm.
Executed in 1940.
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Details
108 by 274 in.
274.3 by 696 cm.
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York
Exhibition
New York, Metropolitan Life Gallery; Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum of Art; Atlanta, Georgia, High Museum of Art; Tulsa, Oklahoma, Thomas Gilcrease Institute; Little Rock, Arkansas, Arkansas Art Center; Albany, New York, New York State Museum; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute & Huntington, New York, Heckscher Museum, N. C. Wyeth, The Met Life Murals, 1985-88, no. 3, illustrated in color n.p.
Literature
"The Days of the Pilgrims Live Again in Our Murals," The Home Office (publication of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.), vol. 23, no. 7, December 1941, pp. 8-9
N. C. Wyeth, Income Tax Notes for 1941 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum of Art Library)
Gene Byrnes, A Complete Guide to Drawing, Illustration, Cartooning, and Painting, New York, 1948, p. 328
Douglas Allen & Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, pp. 169-172
Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth, New York, 1992, illustrated in color pp. 78-79
Robert San Souci, N. C. Wyeth's Pilgrims, San Francisco, California, 1991, illustrated in color n.p.
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, vol. II, London, 2008, no. M.64, illustrated in color p. 627