Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
I was scared by the report of the gun--so I clinched with the fellow and threw him out.
Alternate Title(s):"It's only a single-barrel gun," said he. "Grab him!"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
December 1921 Ladies' Home Journal ® Magazine. Used with permission of the publisher.
Accession number: SUPP2000.358
Research Number: NCW: 358
ProvenanceCanvas returned to NCW and reused
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 262; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.887, p. 431
Curatorial RemarksThis canvas was returned to the artist, who restretched and resused it (for NCW 940). Parts of the original image are still visible along the tacking edges.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Scan of tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum collection; 2. View of tacking edge showing remaining portion of image, specifically white shirt and vest of figure at right.