Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
After their manner, they had turned their tails to the wind, and were drifting ahead of the storm.
Alternate Title(s):Sheep Herder
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1908
Dimensions:
36 1/2 × 23 3/4 in. (92.7 × 60.3 cm)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Mullin
Accession number: SUPP2000.792
Research Number: NCW: 792
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Mullin, Corpus Christi, TX, to 1959
Exhibition HistoryOklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma Art Center, "The Great American Storytellers," Nov. 9, 1979 - Jan. 13, 1980, no. 53, as "Sheep Herder"; Tyler, TX, Tyler Museum of Art, "The Wyeths Across Texas," no. 3, p. 46, illus. p. 47;
References
Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, vol. 21, no. 1, 1959; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 254; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.211, p. 175
Curatorial RemarksFor the Tyler Museum exhibition (2012, above), Henry Adams wrote of this painting that depicts snow and rain, "Wyeth's composition would have seemed daringly modern at the time, and in fact, exhibits striking parallels to the images of snow scenes produced around this time by the pioneer of modern photography, Alfred Stieglitz."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston