Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Take a drink - maybe you'll feel better," he urged huskily, and unscrewed the canteen top. "We all---"
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
23 × 26 3/4 in. (58.4 × 67.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.353
Research Number: NCW: 353
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenancePrivate collection, Connecticut; [New York, NY, Sotheby's April 23, 2015, lot no. 156)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 266; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.653, p. 341
Curatorial RemarksIn a letter to his mother dated 4/21/1916, Wyeth mentioned that he had two paintings to do for McClures. These would have been this illustration, and the one for the June issue (NCW 352), the last two Wyeth did for the magazine. Given printing and distribution times, Wyeth was working very close to deadline.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography from printed image (Delaware Art Museum library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 10/23/2006