Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Keep your arms folded!"
Alternate Title(s):Education of Trooper Brown
Medium: Oil on canvas adhered to hardboard
Date: 1906
Dimensions:
24 × 13 in. (61 × 33 cm)
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. A. S. Roberts
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Accession number: SUPP2000.733
Research Number: NCW: 733
InscribedBottom center: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 06
ProvenanceCollection of Dr. A. S. Roberts, to 1966
Exhibition HistoryIndianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Museum of Art, "Your New Treasures: A Six Year Exhibition," Oct. 19 - Dec. 12, 1972, cat. p. 20, illus. p. 20; Columbus, IN, Indianapolis Museum of Art Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Sept. 1974; Sandwich, MA, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, "Across the Wide Missouri: The American West in Art," May 8 - Oct. 18, 1981, cat. p. 48, no. 109, illus. p. 49;
References
Carl J. Weinhardt, Catalogue of American Paintings (Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1970), p. 163; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 254; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.128, p. 141
Curatorial RemarksThe artist's original canvas was adhered to a hardboard support with a wax adhesive sometime between 1966 and 1974. According to archival photography at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the following inscriptions were documented on the reverse of the canvas: (1 illegible line) / 20(1 illegible digit)25 / "Keep your arms folded" / Education of Trooper Brown / (faint stamp on canvas) / Cty / C. 7453.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting