Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
New Story Magazine, cover illustration
Alternate Title(s):The Breaking Point; Beach Scene, Two Men Fighting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1913
Dimensions:
32 × 24 1/2 in. (81.3 × 62.2 cm)
James G. Pepper
Accession number: SUPP2000.1189
Research Number: NCW: 1189
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceStreet & Smith, New York, NY, through 1961; Conde Nast Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1962-1964; (Graham Gallery, New York, NY, 1964); W. H. Middleton, New York, NY, 1964; (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, NY, Oct. 22, 1969, lot no. 58)
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1964, no. 4, as "Beach Scene, Two Men Fighting" ; Davidson, NC, Davidson College, Van Every/Smith Galleries, "Collected: Works in Alumni Art Collections," June 5 - August 30, 2015
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 267; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.495, p. 285
Curatorial RemarksThis image must have been planned originally for the July 1913 issue, since a proof in one of the artist's scrap books is clearly dated as such (Brandywine River Museum, N. C. Wyeth Archives). The July issue of New Story received at the Library of Congress did not have a pictorial cover; the image finally appeared on the September issue.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum catalogue raisonne files; hardcover: Rick Echelmeyer, digital photography from print