Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
He looked worse than any naked savage
Alternate Title(s):Quintal; Quintal Attacks the Women's Fort
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
31 × 21 1/2 in. (78.7 × 54.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.673
Research Number: NCW: 673
InscribedLower left: TO BILLY BABERS / from / N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 1944; adhered to panel, Renaissance Panel label, no. 890, dated 3/26/(19)40; painted on reverse of panel: "QUINTAL ATTACKS WOMEN'S FORT" / P. 272 - PI
ProvenanceThe artist to 1944; gift to Billy Babers, 1944
References
N. C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1940 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum library); Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 213; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1302, p. 586
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of Pitcairn's Island (NCWS.95.604) that Wyeth read in preparation for the commission, which includes a typed copy of his initial illustrative program for the Bounty trilogy; the composition drawing (NCW 2066, 96.1.549) for this image; and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.114) made from the drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jose Rivera, 10/2004