Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The effect was startling. The man's feet left the ground and he fell with a thud as if dropped from some height . . .
Alternate Title(s):The Knockout
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
32 × 64 in. (81.3 × 162.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.639
Research Number: NCW: 639
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Stafford Good; (Newhouse Galleries, New York, NY); Private collection, San Antonio, TX; (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 1985, as "The Knockout")
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 264; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1015, p. 486
Curatorial RemarksIllustrator Bernard Stafford Good (1887-1969) was an informal student of N. C. Wyeth.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Gerald Peters Gallery