Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The lady Lyoness . . . had the dwarf in examination
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
39 1/2 × 31 1/2 in. (100.3 × 80 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1123
Research Number: NCW: 1123
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); lower left: © C S S; label affixed to reverse of canvas: VIXSEBOXSE ART GALLERIES / 2258 EUCLID AVENUE . CLEVELAND, O./ "THE LADY LYONESS... / had the dwarf in examination." / By / N. C. Wyeth/ From - / "THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR"
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; Collection of Coburn Haskell, Cleveland, OH; his daughter, Mary Haskell Hunter and descended in family to at least 2014
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 209; Richard Dalby, The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration (New York: W.H. Smith Publishers, Gallery Books, 1991), illustration in color plate 12; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.666, p. 348
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the Boy's King Arthur that Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.171, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Illustrations by Alfred Kappes) and marked with notes as he selected the incidents to picture.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Todd Stone Photography, 9/2006