Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
We were three days taking out even what gold and gems we could load on ourselves and our beasts, the treasure of three queens' pardons
Alternate Title(s):The Treasure of Three Queens' Pardons
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1922
Dimensions:
30 × 39 in. (76.2 × 99.1 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1817
Research Number: NCW: 1817
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
Provenance(Sotheby's, New York, NY, Dec. 1, 1999, lot no. 227); (American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY, 1999-2003, as "Treasure of Three Queens' Pardons")
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 262; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.932, p. 446
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Peter Goldberg, 9/2006