Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Daniel Boone
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1938 / 1939
Dimensions:
26 3/4 × 25 in. (67.9 × 63.5 cm)
Gift of John Morrell & Company. In the permanent collection,
University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Image © University Museums, Iowa State University, 2006
http://www.museums.iastate.edu
Accession number: SUPP2000.840
Research Number: NCW: 840
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label, no. 715, dated 8/11/38
ProvenanceJohn Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, IA, to 1940
Exhibition HistoryOttumwa, IA, 1940; Ames, IA, Brunnier Art Museum, "N. C. Wyeth: America in the Making," Nov. 2, 2010-May 8, 2011;
References
N.C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1939 (Brandywine River Museum library); Herb Glass, "The Long Long Rifle," The American Gun Magazine, vol.1, no. 2 (Spring 1961), illustration p. 42; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 156, 291; Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth (New York: Brompton Books Corp., Crescent Books, 1992), color illustration p. 82; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.127, p. 679
Curatorial RemarksIn his income tax notes for 1939, Wyeth listed "costume (buckskin) $50.00" as one of the major expenses involved in producing this painting--it is not clear whether the fee was for purchase or rental. The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.166) of the composition drawing used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.;In his income tax notes for 1939, Wyeth marked "done twice" / "duplicate" above the expenses for Daniel Boone. Analyzing the numbers on the Renaissance panels used for the commission, it is likely that the first Daniel Boone was done on panel number 708. Rejected or damaged, Wyeth repainted Daniel Boone on panel number 715. Panel number 708 was reused several years later for an illustration for Woman's Home Companion (see NCW 707).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Iowa State University Photo Service, 11/2000