Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
We rode quietly until the suburbs had dropped behind, and then lashed out furiously. (left side)
Alternate Title(s):The Young Zealander
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1923
Dimensions:
32 × 34 in. (81.3 × 86.4 cm)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1290
Research Number: NCW: 1290
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, through at least 1969; (Frank E. Fowler); (Morris Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ); The Spencer Art Foundation, Fort Lee, NJ; (?); (American Illustrators Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1979, as "The Young New Zealander"); (?); (Wyeth Hurd Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 1998); MBNA America, Wilmington, DE, ca. 1998 - 2005
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Grand Central Art Galleries, "The Artist As Illustrator," April 13-23, 1976, no numbers as "The Young Zealander"; Rockland, ME, 1999, color illustration p. 9; Paris, Mona Bismarck Foundation, "The Wyeths, Trois generations d'artistes americains," Nov. 10, 2011- Feb. 12, 2012, illus. in color, p. 91; Portland, OR, Portland Museum of Art, "The Wyeths: Three Generations, Works form the Bank of America Collection," Oct. 7, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p.264; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.961, p. 455
Curatorial RemarksThis is the left side of an illustration reproduced as a double page spread. The canvas was photographed in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files).
Houghton Mifflin originally intended to publish all the illustrations for Silk in their hardbound edition (1923), but the author didn't want to risk his reputation on an expensive book (the illustrations would have added an additional .50 to the $2.00 price of the book) and the publisher feared attracting readers searching for sensation (see Roger L. Scaife to NCW, July 19, 1923, Houghton Mifflin Archives, Houghton Library, Harvard University).
Houghton Mifflin originally intended to publish all the illustrations for Silk in their hardbound edition (1923), but the author didn't want to risk his reputation on an expensive book (the illustrations would have added an additional .50 to the $2.00 price of the book) and the publisher feared attracting readers searching for sensation (see Roger L. Scaife to NCW, July 19, 1923, Houghton Mifflin Archives, Houghton Library, Harvard University).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. photography directly from artwork; 2. image reproduced as half of double page spread, with NCW
Photo Credit:2. digital scan from print source, BRM staff