Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
KI - YI - !!?? -- BING!
Medium: Oil on canvas board
Date: 1903 / 1904
Dimensions:
11 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (30.2 × 22.5 cm)
Edmund R. Pennock
Accession number: SUPP2000.1610
Research Number: NCW: 1610
Inscribedin lower right of image: W; below image: KI - YI - !!?? -- BING!
ProvenanceThe artist: gift to Etta Boulden, Wilmington, DE
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.21, p. 108
Curatorial RemarksThe shorthand was the artist's gentleman-ly way of cursing. The same style of inscription occurs on a drawing of the same period (NCW 1379), which might be related.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital image from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 5/2006