Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Deerslayer threw all his force into a desperate effort, ...
Alternate Title(s):Deerslayer threw all of his force into a desperate effort
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
40 × 33 in. (101.6 × 83.8 cm)
Private collection, Malvern, PA
Accession number: SUPP2000.258
Research Number: NCW: 258
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); adhered to canvas on reverse: Scribner's Magazine label
ProvenanceThe artist (with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, until Oct. 1927); Mrs. N. C. Wyeth (probably with Knoedler Galleries); (?); Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Winters
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 56, as "Deerslayer threw all of his force into a desperate effort"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 85; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1)
References
Lloyd Morris, "Skimming the Cream from Six Months' Fiction," New York Times, Dec. 6, 1925, p. BR2; Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 3; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers,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. 120; Peggy Robbins, "The Magic of N. C. Wyeth," South Carolina Wildlife, (Jan. - Feb. 1979), illustration in color p. 23; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.999, p. 478
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:Transparency duplicated from owner
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 1/2000