Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
When Sir Percival came nigh the brim, and saw the water so boisterous, he doubted to overpass it
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
location unknown
Accession number: SUPP2000.483
Research Number: NCW: 483
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1917; Mr. Bertram G. Work, "Oak Knoll," Oyster Bay, NY; Collection of the Trevor Family, "Oak Knoll," Oyster Bay, NY, until 1966
References
illus. in b/w, above mantelpiece in "Oak Knoll," Oyster Bay, LI, home of Mr. Bertram G. Work, Vogue Magazine, vol. 54, no. 9 (Nov. 1, 1919), p. 80; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 209; Monica Randall, The Mansions of Long Island's Gold Coast (New York: Hastings House, 1979), p. 214; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.670, p. 350
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the Boy's King Arthur that Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.171, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908, with illustrations by Alfred Kappes) and marked with notes as he selected the incidents to picture.
Among the clippings found in the artist's studio was a page from a November (1919) Vogue Magazine (p. 80), showing the painting above the mantelpiece at "Oak Knoll," the Oyster Bay, LI, home of Mr. Bertram G. Work. The painting, and another from The Boy's King Arthur (probably NCW 1120), disappeared from "Oak Knoll" in 1966.
Among the clippings found in the artist's studio was a page from a November (1919) Vogue Magazine (p. 80), showing the painting above the mantelpiece at "Oak Knoll," the Oyster Bay, LI, home of Mr. Bertram G. Work. The painting, and another from The Boy's King Arthur (probably NCW 1120), disappeared from "Oak Knoll" in 1966.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:digital scan of printed image (Brandywine River Museum Library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:web: BRM staff; print edition: Rick Echelmeyer