Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
He kept his gaze fixed as before and pointed
Alternate Title(s):The Drifters
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
38 × 26 in. (96.5 × 66 cm)
Jacqueline and Rodman Drake Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1316
Research Number: NCW: 1316
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / -05-
ProvenanceWarren Cheney, Berkeley, CA; descended in family; (Hunter Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1976, as "The Drifters"); Private collection; (Christie's, New York, NY, lot no. 151, May 18, 2004)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 200; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.43, p. 116
Curatorial RemarksUnpublished letters (Wyeth Family Archives) make clear that the artist worked on the illustrations for this story between late October and December, 1905.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Christie's, 2/2004