Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Slag was a figure for sculptors.
Alternate Title(s):The Villian of the Story; The Steelworker; Iron Worker - The Villian in the Story
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Private collection, Birmingham, AL
Accession number: SUPP2000.573
Research Number: NCW: 573
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on stretcher member, label fragment: NEW YORK / FRAME & PICTURE / 116 Fulton St. N. / Mirrors - Gifts - Pictures / Framing (illegible) Prices; on bottom stretcher member, oval metal disc with embossing: S. CO. / 221
ProvenancePrivate collection, New York, NY, by 1972; (David Findlay Galleries, 1982-1983); Winston Blount, Blount, Inc.; The Blount Foundation, Montgomery, AL, to 2004
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, ca. 1920, no. 7, as "The Villian of the Story," and cover illustration in b/w on exhibition brochure; Brooklyn, NY, 1920, no. 9, as "Iron Worker - The Villain in the Story"; Albany, GA, 1981, no. 15; Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Museum of Art, "Art Investments: Selections from Three Alabama Corporate Collections," 5 Aug.-9 Sept. 1984, p. 51; Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Museum of Art, "Future Perfect: The Birmingham Museum of Art at 60," May 13 - August 5, 2012; Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Museum of Art, "The Golden Age: American Illustration from the Collection, Sept. 16, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013, detail on catalogue cover, full illustration on back cover (http://www.artsbma.org/digital_publications/goldenage/Golden%20Age%20Flash.html);
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 258; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.729, p. 374, 375
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:courtesy of The Blount Foundation