Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Boy's King Arthur, title page illustration
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
32 5/8 × 22 9/16 in. (82.9 × 57.3 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.75
Research Number: NCW: 75
InscribedLower right: W (dots under points); on reverse of canvas, lower left in black ink: copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons; on stretcher, remnants of paper label
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Andrew Wyeth, 1927
Exhibition HistoryPoss. Philadelphia, PA, 1921; Philadelphia, PA, 1925; Canaan, NH, Cardigan Mountain School, "Art of Northern New England," Aug. 22-26, 1969, no. 86 (see file NCW 45); Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 98; Chadds Ford, 1973; Brookings, SD, 1973, no. 15; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Harrisburg, PA, The Executive Mansion, "A Salute to Pennsylvania's Artistic Heritage," March 16 - April 30, 1979; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Cedar Rapids, IA, 1990; Chadds Ford, PA, 2005; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum of Art, "Enchanted Castles and Noble Knights," Nov. 28, 2014-Jan. 4, 2015
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed. The Wyeths The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p. 548; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 209; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.660, p. 344
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum of Art holds the copy of the Boy's King Arthur that Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.171, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Illustrations by Alfred Kappes). The endsheets of this edition are marked with notes Wyeth made as he selected the incidents to depict.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jim Schneck, 7/2002