Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
New Story Magazine, cover illustration
Alternate Title(s):African Warrior; South African in War Dress
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1913
Dimensions:
42 × 28 in. (106.7 × 71.1 cm)
Korshak Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1402
Research Number: NCW: 1402
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceStreet & Smith, New York, NY, ca. 1913 - 1961; Conde Nast Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1962-1964; (Graham Gallery, New York, NY, 1964-1971); Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ellis, 1971-2004; (Christie's, New York, NY, Dec. 2, 2004, lot no. 125);
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1964, no. 5, as "South African in War Dress"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 82, as "African Warrior"
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 267; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.499, p. 286
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Christie's, New York, NY