Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
...Emerging into an opening that appeared to have been formed partly by the ravages of the wind, and partly by those of fire.
Alternate Title(s):Forest Depths
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.788
Research Number: NCW: 788
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH / To Peter / from Grandpa - 1944
ProvenanceThe artist (and with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, until Oct. 1927); gift to Peter Wyeth Hurd, 1944; Hurd--La Rinconada Gallery, ? to 2015; [New York, NY, Bonham's, May 20, 2015, lot no. ];
Exhibition HistoryLubbock, TX, 1951, no. 14, as "Forest Depths"; Roswell, NM, 1981 (no number)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 202, illustration in color p. 117; Peggy Robbins, "The Magic of N. C. Wyeth," South Carolina Wildlife, (Jan.-Feb. 1979), illustration in color p. 19; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.995, p. 476, 477; Diego Cordoba, "N. C. Wyeth," in Illustrators Magazine (London: The Book Place), Autumn 2018, issue 23, illus. p. 18;
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the edition Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.189).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Herb Brunell, 9/2006