Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"A rounded shape on a little hillside caught his eyes."
Alternate Title(s):Trapper
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1906
Dimensions:
38 × 24 in. (96.5 × 61 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.614
Research Number: NCW: 614
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / 06-
ProvenancePrivate collection, Clinton County, NY, by 1955; (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, ca. 1957-1972); Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, 1973-1993; (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM); Collection of John Edward Dell, to 1995; (?); Christie's, New York, NY, May 19, 2005, lot no. 132)
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 35, as "Trapper"; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 59, illustration in b/w p. 7, as "The Trapper"; Roswell, NM, 1981, no numbers
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 268; John Edward Dell, ed., Visions of Adventure, N. C. Wyeth and the Brandywine Artists (New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000), illustration in color p. 86; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.143, p. 148
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Christie's, 4/2005