Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
People was a-takin' Me for Bill Cody
Alternate Title(s):People was a-taken Me for Bill Cody
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1905
Research Number: NCW: 1905
InscribedBottom center: N. C. W. / -05- (from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 272 as "People was a-taken Me for Bill Cody"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.86, p. 127
Curatorial RemarksThis illustration has qualities of a drawing and may have been created with charcoal and water or oil-based wash on a canvas or paper support. Wyeth's correspondence does not clarify the issue. Most of his illustrations published in the Saturday Evening Post at this time, drawings and paintings alike, were usually identified in small print with the caption "Drawn by N. C. Wyeth."
The illustration was not included in "Cupid: The Cow-Punch" (McClure's, 1907), a compilation of stories including "A Round-up in Central Park"
The illustration was not included in "Cupid: The Cow-Punch" (McClure's, 1907), a compilation of stories including "A Round-up in Central Park"
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 12/2001