Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Then the king . . . ran towards Sir Mordred, crying, "Traitor, now is thy death day come"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Christopher W. Davenport, John F. Davenport and Juliet R. Davenport in memory of the previous owners, 2006
Accession number: 2006.15
Research Number: NCW: 1119
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); lower left: © C.S.S.; adhered to horizontal crossbrace, Scribner's label: (within box) THIS COPYRIGHTED PICTURE IS THE / PROPERTY OF CHARLES SCRIBNER'S / SONS AND IS TO BE RETURNED TO THEM / IN GOOD CONDITION / from / SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE / Fifth Avenue at 48th St. NEW YORK; label adhered to horizontal crossbrace: (typewritten) WYETH, N. C. #B12936 / "Then the king..ran towards Sir Mordred.." / THE BOY'S KING ARTHUR (in pencil) $150.00 / facing p. 316 Pub. Oct. 1917.; label adhered to top frame member: a HEYDENRYK frame / THE HOUSE OF HEYDENRYK / 140 WEST 54th STREET / NEW YORK 19, N.Y.
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1917-1924; Mrs. William Davenport, Louisville, KY; Basil Davenport, to 1966; Mr. John Andrews Davenport, to 1984, and Mrs. John Andrews (Gwendoleyne Leys) Davenport, to 2002; Christopher W. Davenport, 2002-2006; Christopher W. Davenport, John F. Davenport and Juliet R. Davenport, 2006
Exhibition HistoryRockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, "Every Picture Tells a Story," April 27-Dec. 30, 2013;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 209; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.673, p. 351
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:Transparency directly from painting (hardcover); digital image online
Photo Credit:Kenneth Hayden Photography, 4/2002 (hardcover image); online image: Rick Echelmeyer
On view