Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
When he was fourteen, Michael Strogoff had killed his first bear, quite alone.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
40 × 30 1/4 in. (101.6 × 76.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1490
Research Number: NCW: 1490
Inscribedlower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY (retail store, Nov. 1927); (?); Private collection, PA, ca. 1994; Corporate collection, Denver, CO, to 2015; [Dallas, TX, Heritage Auctions of American Art, May 2, 2015, lot no. 68067]
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 222; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1044, p. 494-495
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the edition of Michael Strogoff that the artist read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.150).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:image from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 12/2004