Waite seized him and swung him on high amid a volley of terrified oaths and then dashed him down and away.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Waite seized him and swung him on high amid a volley of terrified oaths and then dashed him down and away.

Alternate Title(s):Bar-room Brawl; Saloon Brawling
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1915
Dimensions:
22 × 34 in. (55.9 × 86.4 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.681
Research Number: NCW: 681
InscribedUpper left: CONVERS WYETH (underlined) / To Daniel McLaughlin / From...Chadds Ford, Pa. / 1923
ProvenanceDaniel McLaughlin, 1923; (?); (New York, NY, Kennedy Galleries, 1964); James S. Copley Library, La Jolla, CA, 1964-2010; (Sotheby's, New York, NY, May 19, 2010, lot no. 67); David C. Copley, La Jolla, CA; (Sotheby's New York, April 11, 2013, lot no. 164)
References Les Beitz, "N. C. Wyeth: Painter of Men...In Action," True West Magazine (Dec. 1967), illustration p. 21 as "Bar-room Brawl"; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 256, 279; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.580, p. 311
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of The James S. Copley Library