Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
A little after midnight, Jesus and his disciples came down the stair and went out. Mark got up and followed. He had heard rumors of plots and schemes, and he was curious to know what would happen next
Alternate Title(s):Mark; The Boy Mark; The Boy Who First Wrote the Story of Jesus
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1929
Dimensions:
43 × 32 in. (109.2 × 81.3 cm)
Kirk in the Hills, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Gift of an anonymous Trustee, 1959
Accession number: SUPP2000.883
Research Number: NCW: 883
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceMrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least Sept. 1950; transferred to the heirs of Robert Winsor; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1957 - 1959, #19326)
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, DE, 1930(1), no. 37, as "Mark"; Boston, MA, Vose Galleries, Dec. 1957
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 21; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C . Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 259; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1115, p. 520
Curatorial RemarksIn 1942, the artist granted to the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention "second rights for unrestricted use" for this image, for which he was paid $50.00 (Herman F. Burns, Broadman Press of the Sunday School Board, to NCW Oct. 5, 1942, Wyeth Family Archives).
This painting appears in the Sept. 1950 inventory of Wyeth's studio by Richard Layton (Wyeth Family Archives), however, it was consigned to Vose Galleries, Boston, in 1957 by Alexander Winsor, one of the heirs of Robert Winsor. It seems likely that it was returned to the Winsor heirs in error, Wyeth family members perhaps assuming it had been part of the Parable series commissioned by Robert Winsor.
This painting appears in the Sept. 1950 inventory of Wyeth's studio by Richard Layton (Wyeth Family Archives), however, it was consigned to Vose Galleries, Boston, in 1957 by Alexander Winsor, one of the heirs of Robert Winsor. It seems likely that it was returned to the Winsor heirs in error, Wyeth family members perhaps assuming it had been part of the Parable series commissioned by Robert Winsor.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Spectrum Imaging, 2/1/2006