Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
New Story Magazine, cover illustration (also Popular Magazine, cover illustration)
Alternate Title(s):Cowboy with Horse; Father Teasdale Again; Mexican Cowboy with Horse; A Mexican Cowboy and his Horse
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1915
Dimensions:
32 × 25 in. (81.3 × 63.5 cm)
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Indianapolis, IN
Accession number: SUPP2000.1046
Research Number: NCW: 1046
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceStreet & Smith, New York, NY, through 1961; Conde Nast Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1962-1964; (Graham Gallery, New York, NY, 1964); Dr. T. A. McGraw, NY and Squirrel Harbor, ME, 1964; (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot no. 90, March 16, 1967, as "Cowboy with Horse"); Private collection, Houston, TX; (Christie's, New York, NY, lot no. 146, Sept. 22, 1994); private collection to 2015
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1964, no. 1 as "Mexican Cowboy with Horse", b/w illustration in brochure
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 268, 270; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.587, p. 313
Curatorial RemarksThe image was a random choice for the cover of the September, 1926 issue of Popular Magazine; it does not pertain to the contents of the issue. The signature presently on the painting is slightly lower than the signature that appears in both the 1915 and 1926 reproductions.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Christie's, 1994