Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
At this instant the door flew open and the fight was transferred to the platform, the light, and the open air.
Alternate Title(s):The Huron Flew Through the Air
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
40 3/8 × 32 in. (102.6 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection, PA
Accession number: SUPP2000.33
Research Number: NCW: 33
InscribedLower right: © / N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse on canvas, in red paint and encircled: "27"; also, partial label in handwriting: [missing]ers Magazine
ProvenanceThe artist (with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, until Oct. 1927); Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to 1965; private collection, DE, 1966 - 1993 / 1994; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE)
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 70, as "The Huron Flew Through the Air"; Southampton, NY, 1966, no numbers; Chadds Ford, PA, 1971, no. 78, illus. b/w p. 60; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1979, (Heritage Gallery); Wilmington, DE, 1981; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 1; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 202; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1000, p. 479
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum of Art holds the copy of the edition Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.189).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Ralston, www.pralston.com