Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Dan'l Boone-The Home Seeker-Cumberland Valley
Alternate Title(s):The Pioneers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1937
Dimensions:
30 × 41 in. (76.2 × 104.1 cm)
American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY
On loan to the National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, RI
Accession number: SUPP2000.2114
Research Number: NCW: 2114
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / illegible line which might include date (possibly 19_7)
ProvenanceCollection of The Home Insurance Company; (Sotheby's, New York, NY, June 6, 1997, lot no. 251, as "The Pioneers")
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.117, p. 675
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the composition drawing (NCW 2048, 96.1.553) for this image and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.168) used in the transfer of the image from paper to canvas.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy the Archive of the American Illustrators Gallery, NYC