Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
And lived by fruit and such as he might get
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
40 1/2 × 32 1/4 in. (102.9 × 81.9 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.237
Research Number: NCW: 237
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, 1917 to 1975; [Frank E. Fowler]; Collection of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., 1975-1989; (American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY); Collection of Robert and Carolyn Wohlsen; (Schoonover Studios, Wilmington, DE, 1997)
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Lititz, PA, 1995; Lubbock, TX, 1999
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 209; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.664, p. 346
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the Boy's King Arthur that Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.171, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Illustrations by Alfred Kappes) and marked with notes as he selected the incidents to picture.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:No photo credit given