Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Caribou Hunters (Popular Magazine, cover illustration)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1909
Dimensions:
38 1/8 × 25 in. (96.8 × 63.5 cm)
Private collection, Frank E. Fowler, Agent
Accession number: SUPP2000.301
Research Number: NCW: 301
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 09; written on reverse of canvas, upper left: (illegible) / Popular (underlined); all four stretcher keys are marked: PATd. / FEB. 13 / 1883 / JUNE 16 / 1885 / A. D. S.
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to private collection, Chadds Ford, PA, to 1966; Private collection, 1968 - 2000; Private collection, Wilmington, DE, 2000 - 2002; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN, 2002)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 269; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.273, p. 196
Curatorial RemarksFor publication purposes, this painting was originally titled directly on the canvas in the lower right as "Caribou Hunters." Not in the artist's hand, the legend was removed during conservation treatment in 2000.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of MBNA