Threw the bridle rein on Sathanthus' neck, and rolled and lighted a cigarette.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Threw the bridle rein on Sathanthus' neck, and rolled and lighted a cigarette.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
38 × 26 in. (96.5 × 66 cm)
Pacific Sun Trading Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.702
Research Number: NCW: 702
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH / -1905-; on backing board, upper right corner in pencil: 2.1.2003.2; additional labels on reverse: on backing board, lower right corner, silver label in black text: HINMAN, HOWARD / & KATTELL / 0285; stretcher member, near lower right corner, white label in blue text: Hinman, Howard / & Kattell, LLP / 070509 (number in black)
ProvenanceThe Outing Publishing Company, 1905 - ca. 1923; Hinman, Howard & Kattell, Binghamton, NY, to 2007; (Pacific Sun Trading Company)
References "Reviews of New Books," Wilmington, DE, The Evening Journal, April 18, 1906, p. 4; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 210; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.49, p. 117
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jonathan Cohen Photography, 5/2006