Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Defend yourself, for I shall not spare you!"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
40 1/8 × 30 1/4 in. (101.9 × 76.8 cm)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.222
Research Number: NCW: 222
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 1950; (Wilhelmina Hagner, Wilmington, DE); Private collection, Greenville, DE through at least 1976; (Lagakos-Turak Gallery, Haverford, PA, 1984); Private collection, Portland, ME, 1984 - 2000; (Barridoff Galleries, Portland, ME, Aug. 2, 2000); MBNA America, Wilmington, DE, 2000 through 2005
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Portland, OR, Portland Museum of Art, "The Wyeths: Three Generations, Works form the Bank of America Collection," Oct. 7, 2017-Jan. 28, 2018;
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 5; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 222; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1046, p. 495
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the edition of Michael Strogoff that the artist read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.150).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork