Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Pike County Ballads, untitled headpiece
Alternate Title(s):"And ca'mly drinked and jawed"
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Copyright, 1912, Houghton Mifflin Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.2309
Research Number: NCW: 2309
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 206, as "And ca'mly drinked and jawed"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.397, p. 247
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an unmarked copy of "Poems by John Hay," which includes "The Pike County Ballads," published by Houghton Mifflin (1899) and found in the artist's studio (NCWS.95.723).
In May 1970, Andrew Wyeth was contacted by Berry-Hill Galleries regarding a painting described as "Bar Room Fight" that carried a Howard Pyle signature applied over N. C. Wyeth's signature (AW to Howard Pyle Brokaw, Brokaw Collection, BRM library). By 2008, neither Andrew Wyeth nor Berry-Hill archives could identify which bar room fight scene was referenced.
In May 1970, Andrew Wyeth was contacted by Berry-Hill Galleries regarding a painting described as "Bar Room Fight" that carried a Howard Pyle signature applied over N. C. Wyeth's signature (AW to Howard Pyle Brokaw, Brokaw Collection, BRM library). By 2008, neither Andrew Wyeth nor Berry-Hill archives could identify which bar room fight scene was referenced.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from printed image, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 12/2004