Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Following the trail itself, Whispering Smith rode slowly.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1906
Dimensions:
38 × 25 in. (96.5 × 63.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.244
Research Number: NCW: 244
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 06
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; Frank H. Spearman; descended in family to at least 1966; (?); Mr. and Mrs. John H. Epstein; descended in family; (Judy Goffman American Paintings, New York, NY, 1988)
Exhibition HistoryGreenville, SC, 1974, no. 93; Chadds Ford, PA, 1975; Cody, WY, 1980, p. 56, text p. 15, illus. b/w plate 18 on p. 27
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), ps. 217, 289; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.122, p. 138
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Scribner's records, the author of the story, Frank H. Spearman, purchased the painting in May, 1907.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of private collector