Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Say Pardner," He Ventured To A Hairy Old Timer On A Pea-Green Landau, "What's The Chance For A Job Around Here?"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
canvas reused (see NCW 1207)
Accession number: SUPP2000.1839
Research Number: NCW: 1839
InscribedWithin image, above wagon wheel: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenanceCanvas painted over; see NCW 1207
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 265; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1027, p. 489
Curatorial RemarksFortunately, notations on the reverse of NCW 1207 were documented photographically before the canvas was lined using microcrystalline wax. The notations were: p. 9 - January / 6" deep x 4 ¾" wide / 1/8" down 1/8" (one illegible word) / corners crop - / add 1/8" on all four sides / (two illegible words) mist grey / overall width 5" / Blank; elsewhere on the reverse of the canvas: (illegible) / 4" 6" + 8" wide / (one illegible word) prints / return originals. These notations are sufficient to identify the image underneath the still life as this painting, the only image by Wyeth to appear on page 9 in a January magazine. Raking light reveals the curves of that support the seat box.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital scan from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library