Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
And when they came to the sword that the hand held, King Arthur took it up
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
39 3/4 × 31 3/4 in. (101 × 80.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.810
Research Number: NCW: 810
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); lower left: © C.S.S.; written on reverse of canvas: #24793 / 39 3/4 x 31 3/4
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons; Mr. Charles Scribner, Jr., New York, NY; (?); (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, 1957); (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1957, # 19459); Jack Webb, Hollywood, CA, 1957 - 1976; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1976, # 24793); Collection of Robert P. Hubbard;
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 52
References
"Stouthearted Heroes of a Beloved Painter," Life Magazine, vol. 43, no. 24 (Dec. 9, 1957), illus. in color p. 98-99; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 209, illus. in b/w p. 100; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.662, p. 345
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the Boy's King Arthur that Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.171, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Illustrations by Alfred Kappes) and marked with notes as he selected the incidents to picture.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jeff Baird, 12/2003