Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"I may never see this spot again, Deerslayer," she said, "and it contains the bodies of my mother and sister!"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
39 1/2 × 33 1/2 in. (100.3 × 85.1 cm)
Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Counts
Accession number: SUPP2000.1178
Research Number: NCW: 1178
InscribedFaintly in lower left: W (circled)
ProvenanceThe artist (with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, until Oct. 1927); Mrs. N. C. Wyeth (with Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, 1957 - 1968, # 54807); Carolyn Wyeth; (Frank Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN); (Jim Fowler's Period Gallery West, Scotsdale, AZ, 1981); (Big Horn Gallery, Big Sky, MT (1981); (?); (Ron Hall Galleries, Dallas, TX, 1982)
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 57; Albany, GA, 1981, no. 4, illustration in b/w (catalogue unpaginated)
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 3; "Shop Talk, A Note of the Forthcoming N. C. Wyeth Exhibition at Knoedler's Gallery," Antiques Magazine, vol. LXXII, no. 5 (Nov. 1957), illustration in b/w p. 402; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 202; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1003, p. 480
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 directly from painting
Photo Credit:Eric Beggs, 1/2006