Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Pastoral of the South-west.
Alternate Title(s):Pastoral of the Southwest; Pastoral of the South West
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1908
Dimensions:
28 1/2 × 37 1/4 in. (72.4 × 94.6 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1985
Accession number: 85.10.115
Label Copy:
This is one of four paintings Wyeth created to illustrate an article he wrote, based on his own Western experiences. Paintings and text for "A Sheep-herder of the South-west" were published in Scribner's Magazine in January 1909.
In this evocative scene, Wyeth tried to depict the subtle colors and atmosphere of the pastoral Western scene. According to conservator Joyce Hill Stoner, to do this the artist used a complicated glazing system that was difficult to reproduce and that has not survived treatment by earlier restorers.
This is one of four paintings Wyeth created to illustrate an article he wrote, based on his own Western experiences. Paintings and text for "A Sheep-herder of the South-west" were published in Scribner's Magazine in January 1909.
In this evocative scene, Wyeth tried to depict the subtle colors and atmosphere of the pastoral Western scene. According to conservator Joyce Hill Stoner, to do this the artist used a complicated glazing system that was difficult to reproduce and that has not survived treatment by earlier restorers.
Research Number: NCW: 215
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 1908
ProvenanceThe artist; [?] ; private collection, New Canaan, CT, ?-1973; (Frank E. Fowler, c. 1973-1974); Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1974-1985
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1909, no. 588 as "Pastoral of the South West"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1975; Chadds Ford, PA, 1990(2), cat. no. 33 on p. 82; Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990; Akron, OH, Akron Museum of Art, June 15 - Sept. 1, 2002, and Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, Sept. 21 - Nov. 17, 2002, "N. C. Wyeth from the Brandywine River Museum Collection"
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p. 280; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 275, illus. p. 51; James H. Duff, The Western World of N. C. Wyeth (Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1980), p.16; Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989 (Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1991), p. 200, illus. b/w p. 197; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.262, p. 191, 193
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting