Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (polo scene)
Alternate Title(s):The Polo Player
Medium: Oil on artist's board
Date: 1900 / 1902
Dimensions:
27 × 21 in. (68.6 × 53.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.645
Research Number: NCW: 645
InscribedLower right: N. C. W.
ProvenanceThe artist; Harold L. Carpenter, Needham, MA; descended in family to 1993; (Adamson-Duvannes Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1993; Alan M. Goffman, New York, NY, 1994; Illustration House, New York, NY, 1996); (William Doyle Galleries, New York, NY, Dec. 2, 1998, lot 214, as "The Polo Player"); Private collection
Curatorial RemarksBefore coming to Wilmington to study with Howard Pyle, Wyeth painted pictures derived from studies at the Karlstein Polo Grounds in Dedham, Massachusetts.
This could relate to a commission of early 1903. See letter NCW to HZW, dated in another hand Feb. 9, 1908 ("We've had a miserable day...") , "Received the letter enclosed Friday or Sat morning and tell you what I think I'll do. I'll paint a polo picture and send it with a price. I might as well get what I can from him." No further correspondence illuminates this commission.
This could relate to a commission of early 1903. See letter NCW to HZW, dated in another hand Feb. 9, 1908 ("We've had a miserable day...") , "Received the letter enclosed Friday or Sat morning and tell you what I think I'll do. I'll paint a polo picture and send it with a price. I might as well get what I can from him." No further correspondence illuminates this commission.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from artwork (Brandywine River Museum curatorial files)