Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
His queer shabby clothes, his big stooping frame, his sad black eyes, absent almost to vacancy.
Alternate Title(s):The Old Philosopher
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1910
Dimensions:
35 × 27 in. (88.9 × 68.6 cm)
Diamond M Fine Art Collection, Museum of Texas Tech University
Accession number: SUPP2000.233
Research Number: NCW: 233
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1911-1975; [Frank E. Fowler]; Collection of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., 1975-1980; (Judy Goffman Fine Art, Blue Bell, PA, 1980); Diamond M Foundation, TX to 1993
Exhibition HistoryHouston, TX, 1980; Lubbock, TX, 1999
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 275; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.322, p. 216
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Texas Tech University Museum