Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Drums, title page illustration (The Little River Country)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
40 1/8 × 32 1/4 in. (101.9 × 81.9 cm)
The Town of Southern Pines, Southern Pines, North Carolina
Accession number: SUPP2000.1255
Research Number: NCW: 1255
InscribedEXAMINE TRANSPARENCY FOR SIGNATURE?????
ProvenanceThe artist; Mr. and Mrs. James Boyd, to 1944; Mrs. James Boyd, to 1974
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 198; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1057, p. 499
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds Scribner's unillustrated 1925 edition of Drums which the artist read in preparation for this commission and marked with notes throughout and on the endsheets (NCWS.95.239). NCW 2182 is a quick composition sketch for this image.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Paul Geoffrion, 2006