Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Quest of Narcisse Lablanche, headpiece illustration
Alternate Title(s):News from Home; The Meeting in the Canoes
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1915
Dimensions:
15 × 25 in. (38.1 × 63.5 cm)
Minnesota Historical Society
Accession number: SUPP2000.740
Research Number: NCW: 740
InscribedLower right: WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1916 (#32532); Collection of Charles Scribner, Jr., 1916; (?); Sigurd F. Olson, Ely, MN, to 1982
Exhibition HistorySt. Paul, MN, Minnesota Historical Society, "Artists' Conceptions: How We See Our Past," 28 Apr. 28 - Nov. 24, 1990
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 277 as "The Meeting in the Canoes"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.600, p. 318, 319
Curatorial RemarksA letter from the artist (NCW to Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth, dated in another hand Feb. 12, 1915, but correct by context, Wyeth Family Archives) and Scribner's archival material (Brandywine River Museum library) confirm that this painting (and the other two for the story) were completed by Feb. 1915. No reason for the unusually long pre-publication delay is known.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting