Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
In the Council Lodge
A flaring torch was burning in the place, and sent its red glare from face to face and figure to figure, as it waved in the currents of air
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
40 1/8 × 32 in. (101.9 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection, Chadds Ford, PA
Accession number: SUPP2000.1300
Research Number: NCW: 1300
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); partial label adhered to top stretcher: IN GOOD CONDITION / from / SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE; label adhered to top stretcher: John Nighland / Pictures, Mirrors, Artists Materials / 13 Midland Ave., Montclair, NJ / Tel: Montclair 2-10140 / Price / No. 24838; partial label adhered to top stretcher: To Campion & (torn) / 1313 Walnut (torn) / Philadelphia; label adhered to top stretcher: Wyeth, N. C. B15757 / In the council lodge / Last of the Mohicans / $ 200; label adhered to backing board: Note to Postmaster - Please return or notify in 10 days / if uncalled for / Miss R. Eberhardt / Harris & Emory / DesMoines / Iowa / from / Charles Scribner's Sons / Fifth Avenue at 48th Street / New York
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY (#B15757); loaned to Free Public Library, Glen Ridge, NJ, Feb. 1925; Edward T. Lord (Sr. Vice President at Scribner's); descended in family; [?]; Collection of John Edward Dell; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 1994); Private collection, Chadds Ford, PA; (Christie's, New York, NY, May 24, 2007, lot no. 82);
Exhibition HistoryGreenville, DE, 1995
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 202; John Chambless, "N. C. Wyeth / New exhibit looks at rarely seen works," Daily Local News (West Chester, PA), Oct. 20, 1995, p. 1, section D, illustration in color; John Edward Dell, ed., Visions of Adventure, N. C. Wyeth and the Brandywine Artists (New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000), illustration in color p. 73; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.757, p. 386-387
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and marked an edition published by A. L. Burt (Brandywine River Museum, NCWS.95.4334).
In 1928, Peter Hurd illustrated an edition of Last of the Mohicans for David McKay. One of the four illustrations depicts a different scene, but is reminiscent of this painting.
In 1928, Peter Hurd illustrated an edition of Last of the Mohicans for David McKay. One of the four illustrations depicts a different scene, but is reminiscent of this painting.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 4/2005