Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
I was kept busy all day in the cave, packing the minted money into bread-bags
Alternate Title(s):Packing the Money; The Treasure Cave; The Treasure Cave!
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
47 × 38 in. (119.4 × 96.5 cm)
The New York Public Library
Accession number: SUPP2000.151
Research Number: NCW: 151
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / © CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, to Jan. 1916
Exhibition HistoryBoston, MA, 1912, no. 5 as "The Treasure Cave"; Philadelphia, PA, 1912(1), no. 27; Harrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 80, as "Packing the Money"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 63; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 51; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Stratford, Ontario, The Gallery / Stratford, "A History of Children's Book Illustration," June 5 - July 23, 1978; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; New York, NY, 1985, no. 4; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 18, illus. in color p. 105; Rockland, ME, 1998, no. 65 p. 165, illus. in color p. 65; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth and The Philadelphia Sketch Club," March 20 - May 23, 2010; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth's Treasure Island: Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale," Sept. 10- Nov. 20, 2011
References
"Wyeth Paintings Shown in Philadelphia," (Wilmington, DE) Morning News, Nov. 20, 1912, p. 8; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 218; Marshall B. Davidson, Treasures of the New York Public Library (New York: Abrams, 1988), illus. in color p. 164; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.345, p. 229
Curatorial RemarksThe artist noted in a letter that he was present when "ten of my originals (were) installed permanently, in the children's reading room of the New York Public Library on Fifth Ave." (NCW to ANW, dated in another handFeb. 26, 1916)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Ralston, www.pralston.com