Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"All right," he said harshly. "You understand that you are a prisoner here now, don't you?"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
canvas reused (see NCW 1328)
Accession number: SUPP2000.1838
Research Number: NCW: 1838
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (from reproduction)
ProvenanceThe artist (canvas later reused)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C .Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 265; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1023, p. 488
Curatorial RemarksThe artist reused this canvas for NCW 1328. Printer's notations on the reverse of the canvas make it clear that the illustration was printed with a red ink referred to as "Wyeth red."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 6/16/2005