Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
There, in a white world of mist, . . . he stood alone, fighting his battle between love for a girl and a standard of honor in the friendship of men.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
location unknown
Accession number: SUPP2000.1995
Research Number: NCW: 1995
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY to 1918; gift to YMCA at Camp Upton, Long Island, New York, Aug. 1918
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 276; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.455, p. 265
Curatorial RemarksCamp Upton, Long Island, opened in 1917, was one of the largest facilities that saw the transformation of Army recruits into soldiers during World War I.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital scan from printed source (tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum library)
Photo Credit:Web: BRM staff; Publication: Rick Echelmeyer, digital photography from printed source (mounted tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum library), 7/11/2006