Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
David Balfour, endpaper illustration
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1924
Dimensions:
20 1/2 × 32 in. (52.1 × 81.3 cm)
The Powers Family, California
Accession number: SUPP2000.1804
Research Number: NCW: 1804
InscribedLower left: W (with points at the bottom of the W) / TO FAITH TAYLOR / from N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Anna Faith Taylor, New York, NY; descended in family
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 219; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.967, p. 467; Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour, Memoirs of His Adventures at Home and Abroad, edited by Barry Menikoff, San Marino, CA: Huntington Library Press, 2016, plate no. 4;
Curatorial RemarksThe artist's library includes Scribner's 1905 unillustrated edition of the story (NCWS.95.203) which Wyeth read and marked in preparation for the commission.
According to an entry in the artist's address book (NCWS.95.1174, Brandywine River Museum), Anna Faith Taylor was a Scribner's employee. Wyeth inscribed a copy of Treasure Island to her in October, 1915. (Copy with Glenn Books, http://www.glennbooks.net)
According to an entry in the artist's address book (NCWS.95.1174, Brandywine River Museum), Anna Faith Taylor was a Scribner's employee. Wyeth inscribed a copy of Treasure Island to her in October, 1915. (Copy with Glenn Books, http://www.glennbooks.net)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Tony J. Mastres, Photographer