Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"He falls to buckin' sincere and conscientious up there among the benches"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1904
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Private collection, Montana
Accession number: SUPP2000.1884
Research Number: NCW: 1884
InscribedLower left: N C. Wyeth (underlined) 04
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 271; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.36, p. 113
Curatorial RemarksIn a letter to his mother dated September 9, 1904, the artist wrote, "Yesterday (Sunday) I started and almost completed the last "Post" drawing-- a pinto pony bucking up in the grandstand amongst the stampeding crowd. I finished it today and I think it is quite successful." (WFA)
See NCWS.95.1680, a hitched horsehair hatband in the studio collection; maybe similar to one depicted.
See NCWS.95.1680, a hitched horsehair hatband in the studio collection; maybe similar to one depicted.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:digital image from artwork
Photo Credit:Dillon Mee