Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Wallace and Marion
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
40 × 32 1/2 in. (101.6 × 82.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.493
Research Number: NCW: 493
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (boxed)
ProvenanceThe artist (returned to him from Scribner's, 10/14/1922); Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Granville M. Read, Wilmington, DE, to 1985; Collection of Julian E. Schofield, to 2013; Collection of Kenneth H. Bisordi
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, DE, 1968, no. 11
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 215; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.859, p. 422
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, Wyeth read an undated edition of The Scottish Chiefs published by Thomas D. Crowell Company, New York, illustrated with photographs of Scottish scenery (Brandywine River Museum NCWS.95.184). He also had in his studio library the 8 volume "Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments" pulished by Fullerton & Co. of Edinburgh (BRMA, NCWS.95.232.1-.8).
After the great disappointment of the press work for The Last of the Mohicans, Scribner's used the Bowker Company to print the reproductions for The Scottish Chiefs. Wyeth was generally pleased with the proofs, but warned the Scribner's art editor that a "rawness of red--almost a bloody red as in the face and hands of Wallace seated under the tree" had to be corrected (NCW to Joseph H. Chapin, dated "Chadds Ford / Tuesday morning 6:15 (late spring 1921 by context) Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library).
Wyeth was extremely concerned about the quality of the reproductions for this commission--he had generously used blue and green pigments throughout, difficult for printers to duplicate. For this commission, the plates were engraved by the Suffolk Engraving and Electrotyping Company (see Scribner's cards, Brandywine River Museum of Art).
After the great disappointment of the press work for The Last of the Mohicans, Scribner's used the Bowker Company to print the reproductions for The Scottish Chiefs. Wyeth was generally pleased with the proofs, but warned the Scribner's art editor that a "rawness of red--almost a bloody red as in the face and hands of Wallace seated under the tree" had to be corrected (NCW to Joseph H. Chapin, dated "Chadds Ford / Tuesday morning 6:15 (late spring 1921 by context) Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library).
Wyeth was extremely concerned about the quality of the reproductions for this commission--he had generously used blue and green pigments throughout, difficult for printers to duplicate. For this commission, the plates were engraved by the Suffolk Engraving and Electrotyping Company (see Scribner's cards, Brandywine River Museum of Art).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Philip Adam, 4/2006