Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Robin Hood and His Companions Lend Aid to Will o' th' Green from Ambush
Their arrows flew together, marvellous shots, each finding its prey.
Alternate Title(s):In Ambush; From Ambush
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
The New York Public Library
Accession number: SUPP2000.187
Research Number: NCW: 187
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceDavid McKay Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1917 - 1920
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 89, as "In Ambush"; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 49, as "In Ambush"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 93, as "From Ambush"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 56; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Memphis, TN, 1983, cat. no. 28 p. 95, illus. in b/w no. 30 p. 48, see also text p. 48; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 37, illus. in color p. 110
References
Arthur B. Maurice, "Six Immortals and How They Grew," The Mentor, vol. 11, no. 11 (Dec. 1923), illus. p. 9; "N. C. Wyeth," Life, vol. 20, no. 24 (June 17, 1946), illus. p. 81; "The Stouthearted Heroes of a Beloved Painter," Life, vol. 43, no. 24 (Dec. 9, 1957), illus. in color, p. 91; Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), illus. in color f. p. 544; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 203, illus. in color p. 97; David Michaelis, N. C. Wyeth, A Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998), p. 240; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.683, p. 354, 355
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Ralston, www.pralston.com