Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
I saw a figure leap with great rapidity behind the trunk of a pine
Alternate Title(s):Ben Gunn
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
47 × 38 in. (119.4 × 96.5 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.15
Research Number: NCW: 15
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; H. Bingham Ballou, Jr., Medford, MA; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1954); (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY)
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1912(1)--mentioned in review printed in Sunday North American, Nov. 3, 1912, but not named in exhibition listing nor in other reviews; New York, NY, 1957, no. 99; Harrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 82; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 25; Chadds Ford, PA, 1968, no. 3; Chadds Ford, PA, 1971, no. 60, illus. b/w p. 52; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 59; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 28; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 11, illus. in color p. 24; Chadds Ford, PA, 1990(1); Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth and His Grandson: A Legacy," Jan. 24- March 29, 1998 (Chadds Ford venue only of Chicago, IL, 1997 and not included in checklist); Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth's Treasure Island: Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale," Sept. 10- Nov. 20, 2011
References
"Sketch Club Will Have Special Exhibit," (Philadelphia, PA) North American, Nov. 3, 1912 (AAA microfilm roll P55, frame 784); Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 218, color illustration p. 86; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.338, p. 226
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Ralston, www.pralston.com