Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
On the Fourth Day Comes the Astrologer From His Crumbling Old Tower
Alternate Title(s):The Astrologer
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
Diamond M Fine Art Collection, Museum of Texas Tech University
Accession number: SUPP2000.334
Research Number: NCW: 334
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; (?); (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, NY, 1956); Diamond M Foundation, TX, 1956 - 1993
Exhibition HistoryFort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Art Center, 1958; Lubbock, TX, 1959, no. 21; Harrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 62, as "The Astrologer"; Midland, TX, Museum of the Southwest, "The Wyeth Family," Jan. 8 - Feb. 6, 1973; Houston, TX, 1980; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Lubbock, TX, 1999
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), illustration in color p. 79, p. 201; Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth (New York: Brompton Books Corp., Crescent Books, 1992), illustration in color p. 46; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.637, p. 333
Curatorial Remarks"I spent some of the time in the [New York Public] library looking up medieval data concerning my forthcoming books...." (NCW to ANW, 2/26/1916, WFA).
A letter to Joseph Chapin of Scribner's regarding the paintings for this story makes it clear that Wyeth owned the originals although Harper's held the right to purchase them. If he had the opportunity, Wyeth planned to sell them for $150.00 each (NCW to Joseph H. Chapin, undated but between May and Nov. 1916 by context, Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, Princeton University Library).
A letter to Joseph Chapin of Scribner's regarding the paintings for this story makes it clear that Wyeth owned the originals although Harper's held the right to purchase them. If he had the opportunity, Wyeth planned to sell them for $150.00 each (NCW to Joseph H. Chapin, undated but between May and Nov. 1916 by context, Archives of Charles Scribner's Sons, Princeton University Library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography file