Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Howdy, Shade. I see your hunt for gold hasn't improved your manners," he said mockingly.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1929
Dimensions:
31 1/16 × 40 in. (78.9 × 101.6 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.29
Research Number: NCW: 611
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) ; written on reverse of canvas: J9723 B+W
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 263; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1120, p. 521
Curatorial RemarksThe painting was photographed in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files). Another painting from the story, NCW 1825, appears also to have been stored unstretched.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting