Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
As Broadwell raced West.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1903
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.2294
Research Number: NCW: 2294
InscribedLower right: N. C. Wyeth / 03 (from reproduction)
References
Les Beitz, "N. C. Wyeth, Painter of Men . . . in Action!" True West, vol. 15, no. 2 (Nov.-Dec.1967), illus. p. 21; Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p.36; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 263, illustration in b/w, p. 26; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.5, p. 103
Curatorial RemarksWyeth's letter of 30 March 1903: "The Leslie's job is a "corker." The full page illustration is the picture of a man that is shot in the back and his horse is going like h____; he is reeling in his saddle but keeps a hold on the pommel and thereby sticks." Regarding the complete set of two illustrations and head- and tail pieces, he wrote on April 28th, "My Leslie's work is nearly done and Mr. Pyle has seen it. He liked it very well" (NCW to HZW, "At least I've got...." and dated in another hand April 28, 1903, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library (scrap book B)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer