Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The rescue of Captain Harding
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Diamond M Fine Art Collection, Museum of Texas Tech University
Accession number: SUPP2000.323
Research Number: NCW: 323
InscribedLower left: TO H. W. YOUNG / from WYETH (underlined) / N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 18; also in lower left: © C. S. S.
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, to 1924; (N. C. Wyeth); H. W. Young, Boston, MA, 1924; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1953 - 1959, no. 18068); (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, NY, 1959); Diamond M Foundation, TX, to 1993
Exhibition HistoryBrooklyn, NY, 1920, no. 26; Philadelphia, PA, 1921; Harrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 86; Boston, MA, Vose Galleries, Dec. 1957; Midland, TX, Museum of the Southwest, "The Wyeth Family," Jan. 8 - Feb. 6, 1973; Houston, TX, 1980; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 38, illus. in color. p. 96; Chicago, IL, 1997, no. 11; 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. 222; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.713, p. 368
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Ralston, www.pralston.com