Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Three Friends
The bowman sang snatches of French love songs in a voice which might have scared the most stouthearted maiden.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
40 × 35 in. (101.6 × 88.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.566
Research Number: NCW: 566
InscribedLower right: To JOE P. WRIGHT/ N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Joseph P. Wright, Massachusetts, and descended in family to ca. 1968; (Andrew Wyeth)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 204; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.917, p. 441
Curatorial Remarks"The reading of the Chronicles of Froissart (all of them) was a very bright spot in the preparation of The White Company" (NCW to Sidney M. Chase, Aug. 3, 1922, Wyeth Family Archives). The Brandywine River Museum holds two copies of The Chronicles illustrated by Alfred Knapp (NCWS.95. 3424 and .4319) from the artist's library. All images for The White Company were copyrighted by the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation.
"For years we had on our reading list Conan Doyle's White Company, but the only copy in the library was a small, drab-colored book with fine print and no pictures. This past year we have had a copy of the lovely new edition illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, a rather large book with good-sized print and beautiful pictures." From Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 606.
"For years we had on our reading list Conan Doyle's White Company, but the only copy in the library was a small, drab-colored book with fine print and no pictures. This past year we have had a copy of the lovely new edition illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, a rather large book with good-sized print and beautiful pictures." From Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 606.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Wilson P. Graham, 8/25/2006