At sundown Alexander was still sitting on his improvised throne looking fixedly at the splotch of blood and the pieces of crimson-spotted linen.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

At sundown Alexander was still sitting on his improvised throne looking fixedly at the splotch of blood and the pieces of crimson-spotted linen.

Date: 1931
Dimensions:
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known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1880
Research Number: NCW: 1880
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 271; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1182, p. 540
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from print source (Brandywine River Museum Library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 8/2004