A Son of Hagar, untitled headpiece illustration

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

A Son of Hagar, untitled headpiece illustration

Alternate Title(s):A Son of Hagar; A Couple Racing on Horseback
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
25 × 34 in. (63.5 × 86.4 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.467
Research Number: NCW: 467
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / to Dora -1916 / N.C.W. (underlined); label attached to rear: A Son of Hagar / N. C. Wyeth / Mar. 8, 1913
ProvenanceThe artist to 1916; gift to Dora ?, 1916- ?; descended in private collection, to Jayne Nonn, ca. 1980-1997; (American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY); Collection of Barbara and Edward Aster, Eugene, OR; (Sotheby's, New York, NY, lot no. 180, May 27, 1999); MBNA America, Wilmington, DE; (?)
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1990(2), illustration in b/w p. 80, cat. no. 42 p. 83; Eugene, OR, University of Oregon, "N. C. Wyeth, The Art of Illustration," Jan. 28 - Feb. 27, 1999, Paintings and Drawings Checklist, no.1, illustrated in color
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murlas (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 255; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.423, p. 255
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 1990