Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Judith fairly trembled, as she cast her first glance at the interior.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.696
Research Number: NCW: 696
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); Scribner's Magazine label on reverse: "Judith fairly trembled...interior" Pg. 170 (28)
ProvenanceThe artist (with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, until Oct. 1927); Mrs. N. C. Wyeth (with Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, # 54811); (?); H. C. Lewis, Lubbock, TX; Mr. Raymond Brown, Austin, TX; (The Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM); Dorsar Investment Company, El Paso, TX; (Ed Hill Gallery, El Paso, TX)
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 54; Lubbock, TX, 1959, no. 6; San Angelo, TX, 1993; Newport News, VA, 2000: Tyler, TX, Tyler Museum of Art, "The Wyeths Across Texas," no. 8, p. 56, illus. p. 57;
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 1; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 202; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.998, 478
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the edition Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.189).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Gregg L. Vicik, photographer, 8/2000