Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Lumber Boat, untitled headpiece illustration
Alternate Title(s):All this time Bill and the other guy are dodging and side-stepping.; The Lumberboat II
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
30 1/8 × 40 1/8 in. (76.5 × 101.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1635
Research Number: NCW: 1635
InscribedLower left: WYETH (underlined); on reverse of canvas: Lumber Boat II / N. C. Wyeth / 5 July 19
Provenance(Phillips, New York, NY, Dec. 1, 1998, lot no. 126, as "The Lumberboat II"); (American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY, 1998-2000)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 256; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.769, p. 392
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Scribner's records (Brandywine River Museum), Scribner's paid Wyeth $100 for the book rights for the four Collier's pictures that were reproduced in Hiker Joy.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy the Archive of the American Illustrators Gallery, NYC