Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Cowboy's Life
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1938
Dimensions:
35 1/2 × 26 3/4 in. (90.2 × 67.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.600
Research Number: NCW: 600
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceGinn and Company, Boston, MA, and by merger to corporate collection, Parsippany, NJ; [New York, NY, Sotheby's, Dec. 4, 2013, lot no. 43];
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, New York Historical Society Museum, "200 Years of American Illustration," Nov. 19, 1976 - Feb. 15, 1977, no. 894
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 206; Howard Pitz, 200 Years of American Illustration (New York: Random House, 1977), color illustration p. 60; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1253, p. 566, 567
Curatorial RemarksThe Andrew and Betsy Wyeth collection includes the composition drawing (NCW 2131) for this image, and the Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.89) of the drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:© Russ Lappa