Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Without a word he began to shoot.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
35 × 24 in. (88.9 × 61 cm)
Lisa Dreyer and Javier Romero, New York, NY
Accession number: SUPP2000.519
Research Number: NCW: 519
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); written on reverse of canvas: Chavero
ProvenanceWyeth family through at least 1969; (Herbert Roman, Inc., New York, NY, 1989)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 277; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.655, p. 342
Curatorial RemarksThe painting was photographed in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Paul Mutino, 2002