Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Passing of Robin Hood Leaning heavily against Little John's sobbing breast, Robin Hood flew his last arrow out through the window, far away into the deep green of the trees.
Alternate Title(s):Passing of Robin; The Death of Robin Hood
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
The New York Public Library
Accession number: SUPP2000.182
Research Number: NCW: 182
InscribedLower right: WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceDavid McKay Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1917 - ca. 1920
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 93, as "Passing of Robin"; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 53, illus. in b/w (unpaginated); Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 96; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 58; Stratford, Ontario, The Gallery/Stratford, "A History of Children's Book Illustrations," June 5 - July 23, 1978; Chadds Ford, PA, 1981; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 36, illus. in color p. 114; Norfolk, VA, Chrysler Museum of Art, "Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration," June 2 - Sept. 8, 1996 (also Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Delaware Art Museum), illus. in color pg. 140, no. 152
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 203; Susan E. Meyer, "N. C. Wyeth," American Artist Magazine, vol. 39, no. 391 (Feb. 1975), b/w illus. p. 45; ______, Illustrator's Source Book (London: Macdonald & Co.), 1990, color illus. p. 127; David Michaelis, N. C. Wyeth, A Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998), p. 244, illus. b/w p. 245; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.687, p. 358, 359; Diego Cordoba, "N. C. Wyeth," in Illustrators Magazine (London: The Book Place), Autumn 2018, issue 23, illus. p. 21
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Peter Ralston, www.pralston.com