Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Discoverer, presentation painting
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1926
Dimensions:
24 1/4 × 89 3/4 in. (61.6 × 228 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1289
Research Number: NCW: 1289
InscribedUnsigned
ProvenancePrivate collection, Toledo, OH, ca. 1978; (Images Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1979); (Christie's, New York, NY, May 23, 1979, lot no. 279); Eric Sloane, Santa Fe, NM, by Oct. 1980; (?); (American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY); Private collection to 2012; (Somerville Manning Gallery, 2012);
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), M.33, p. 613, 614
Curatorial Remarks"...the sketch for "The Discoverer" is done, and I've struck a design that excites me more than anything I've done in a long time (NCW to John Oliver LaGorce, June 16, 1926, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Blair & Webber Photography, 6/2004