Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Portrait of James H. Jenkins
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1910
Dimensions:
30 1/8 × 25 1/4 in. (76.5 × 64.1 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2381
Research Number: NCW: 2381
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 1910
ProvenanceGift to James H. Jenkins from the artist
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), P.12, p. 804
Curatorial RemarksJames H. Jenkins worked for NCW from ca. 1908 to 1920 as a handyman and model. Jenkins was one of the three men depicted in "The Fence Builders" (NCW 24) painted in 1915.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 10/2001