Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Sea Wolf
Date: ca. 1932
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.345
Research Number: NCW: 345
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 293; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.82, p. 664-665
Curatorial RemarksAccording to records at American Tobacco Company, this image appeared only in metropolitan newspapers (M. V. Timlen to James P. Simpson, May 28, 1947, Simpson Collection, Brandywine River Museum library).
A caption within the image gave the title and background: "Nature in the Raw"--as portrayed by the noted artist, N. C. Wyeth, inspired by the infamous Captain Kidd's fierce raids on the gold-laden Spanish galleons (1696), which made him the scourge of the Spanish Main. "Nature in the Raw is Seldom Mild"--and raw tobaccos have no place in cigarettes.
A caption within the image gave the title and background: "Nature in the Raw"--as portrayed by the noted artist, N. C. Wyeth, inspired by the infamous Captain Kidd's fierce raids on the gold-laden Spanish galleons (1696), which made him the scourge of the Spanish Main. "Nature in the Raw is Seldom Mild"--and raw tobaccos have no place in cigarettes.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 2002