Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Prince
Medium: Oil on hardboard (probably Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1937
Dimensions:
36 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (92.7 × 67.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.607
Research Number: NCW: 607
InscribedUpper right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse, evidence of previously existing large label (probably Renaissance Panel label)
ProvenanceGinn and Company, Boston, MA; by corporate merger to present owner
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, New York Historical Society Museum, "200 Years of American Illustration," Nov. 19, 1976 - Feb. 15, 1977, no. 395
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 205; Henry C. Pitz, 200 Hundred Years of American Illustration (New York: Random House, 1977), illustration in color p. 65; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1235, p. 560-561
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.83) of the composition drawing which was used to transfer the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:© Russ Lappa