Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
. . .She found Chingachgook studying the shores of the lake, the mountains, and the heavens. . . .
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 32 1/4 in. (102.2 × 81.9 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.257
Research Number: NCW: 257
InscribedUpper right: W (encircled); label adhered to canvas on reverse: (typewritten) The Deerslayer N. C. Wyeth / She found Chingachgook studying the shores / of the lake, the mountains and the heavens. / page 360. / (printed) THIS COPYRIGHTED PICTURE IS THE / PROPERTY OF CHARLES SCRIBNER'S / SONS, AND IS TO BE RETURNED TO THEM / IN GOOD CONDITION / FROM / SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE / Fifth Ave. at 48th St. / NEW YORK; inscribed on stretcher, lower left: 14964
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; W. P. Bonbright, London, England (prior to 10/1927); descended in family to 2019; (New York, NY, Christies, May 22, 2019, lot no. 61);
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985
References
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.1001, p. 479
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the edition Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.189).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography files