Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (hunter with two dogs in cornfield)
Alternate Title(s):Upland Sunrise
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2109
Research Number: NCW: 2109
References
Bob Strauss, Beverly Strauss, American Sporting Advertising, Vol. I, Posters and Calendars (Jefferson, ME: Circus Promotions Corp., 1987), WR-18; Tom Webster, Winchester Rarities (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000), p. 18; Cover illustration, "Sporting Classics Magazine," Nov./Dec. 2007, as "Upland Sunrise"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.23, p. 644
Curatorial RemarksThis may be the commission Wyeth referred to in a letter to his mother of Jan. 9, 1912, "Only last night (Sunday) I received a telephone call from New York to reserve rights to paint the Winchester Arms Co. some sort of special picture."
Andrew Wyeth remembered that the model for this painting and for NCW 2354 was a local farmer named John Andress. (see file 2354 for more information on Andress.)
The reproduction on the cover of the 2007 edition of Sporting Classics Magazine is clearly taken from an old print of the painting.
Andrew Wyeth remembered that the model for this painting and for NCW 2354 was a local farmer named John Andress. (see file 2354 for more information on Andress.)
The reproduction on the cover of the 2007 edition of Sporting Classics Magazine is clearly taken from an old print of the painting.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from reproduction
Photo Credit:Winchester/Olin Corporation