Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
He were n't no saint,--them engineers / Is all pretty much alike
Alternate Title(s):Jim Bludso; Jim Bludsoe; Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
32 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (82.6 × 64.8 cm)
Diamond M Fine Art Collection, Museum of Texas Tech University
Accession number: SUPP2000.311
Research Number: NCW: 311
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
Provenance(Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, NY, 1954-55, as "Jim Bludsoe," Catalogue 134 / Americana); Diamond M Foundation, TX, to 1993
Exhibition HistoryProb. Philadelphia, PA, 1913, no. 725, as "Jim Bludso"; Chicago, IL, 1997, no. 3; Lubbock, TX, 1999, as "Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle"
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 206, illus. in color p. 131; Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth (New York: Brompton Books Corp., Crescent Books, 1992), p. 48; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.382, p. 243
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an unmarked copy of "Poems by John Hay," which includes "The Pike County Ballads," published by Houghton Mifflin (1899) and found in the artist's studio (NCWS.95.723).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Museum of Texas Tech University