Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
A Son of Hagar, untitled vignette
Alternate Title(s):Man with revolver crouched behind cactus.
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1614
Research Number: NCW: 1614
InscribedNear lower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C .Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 255 as "Man with revolver crouched behind cactus."; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.425, p. 255
Curatorial RemarksAmong the papers found in the artist's studio was a Collier's label marked "The Son of Hagar" that must have been adhered to the reverse of one of the three illustrations for this story. (Brandywine River Museum, Wyeth archives)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 2/2005