Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
David Gamut Never minstrel, or by whatever more suitable name David should be known, drew upon his talents in the presence of more insensible auditors
Alternate Title(s):The Psalmist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
Private Collection, CA
Accession number: SUPP2000.485
Research Number: NCW: 485
Inscribed3 labels now attached to stretcher (after conservation); 1: TO JORDAN MARSH COMPANY (BOOK DEPT.) / Boston, Mass. B15694
2: HADERER CO. / ART SHOP / Picture Framing / Artists Materials / / Wilmington, Delaware; 3: A 5997 (Knoedler's inventory number)
2: HADERER CO. / ART SHOP / Picture Framing / Artists Materials / / Wilmington, Delaware; 3: A 5997 (Knoedler's inventory number)
ProvenanceMrs. N. C. Wyeth; (with Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, by 1957); Private collection, to 1975; (E. Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY); (La Galeria, San Mateo, CA, 1977); Private collection, CA, to 2007 and descended in family
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1920(3), no. 651 as "The Psalmist"; New York, NY, 1957, no. 63, as "David Gamut"; Lubbock, TX, 1959, no. 11; San Mateo, CA, La Galeria, "Wyeth / N. C., Andrew, James," May 1 - June 6, 1977, illus. in b/w in catalogue;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 202; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.753, p. 385
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and marked an edition published by A. L. Burt (Brandywine River Museum, NCWS.95.4334).
A label now attached to the stretcher of the painting indicates that Scribner's sent this painting to the Book Department of Jordan Marsh, a prominent Boston department store, probably as part of an advertising campaign.
A label now attached to the stretcher of the painting indicates that Scribner's sent this painting to the Book Department of Jordan Marsh, a prominent Boston department store, probably as part of an advertising campaign.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Photo stamped M Knoedler & Co, Inc.