Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Buffalo Hunt.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1925
Dimensions:
39 × 28 1/4 in. (99.1 × 71.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.218
Research Number: NCW: 218
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCollection of S. Hallock . du Pont, 1974; (?); (Judy & Alan Goffman, New York, 1981)
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, DE, 1930(1), no. 44, as "The Buffalo Hunt"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 34; Chadds Ford, PA, 1975
References
Anton Kamp, "N. C. Wyeth, Painter and Illustrator," The Artgum, vol. IV, no. 4 (April 1926), illus. b/w p. 10; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 214; Peggy Robbins, "The Magic of N. C. Wyeth," South Carolina Wildlife, (Jan.-Feb. 1979), color illus. p. 20; Zack Taylor, "The Outdoor Illustrations of N. C. Wyeth," Sports Afield, vol. 183, no. 6 (June 1980), color illustration p. 71; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1009, p. 483
Curatorial RemarksIn a publisher's preface dated July 8, 1925 and printed in the Wyeth / Remington edition, the artist is quoted as saying, "This title has been much on my mind for several years....'The Oregon Trail' has always been deep in my blood. I feel very much stirred to interpret my dreams into pictures." Wyeth was keenly aware that his ancestor Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856) had led several expeditions to the American northwest in the 1830s.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Anonymous