Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Deerslayer, cover illustration
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
40 × 29 in. (101.6 × 73.7 cm)
State Museum of Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Accession number: SUPP2000.259
Research Number: NCW: 259
InscribedLower left: W (with dots below points)
ProvenanceThe artist (with Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, until Oct. 1927); Mrs. N. C. Wyeth through 1965; (Mr. Edward Price, Chester, NJ, 12/66); (Mrs. George R. Bailey and the George R. Bailey Foundation, Harrisburg, PA, 1967)
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 15; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Greensburg, PA, Westmoreland Museum of Art, "25th Anniversary Exhibition, Selected American Paintings, 1750-1950," May 20 - July 22, 1984, no. 116 on p. 12, illus. b/w plate 90 p. 93; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Annville, PA, Lebanon Valley College, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, "N. C. Wyeth: Storyteller," Aug. 28 - Oct. 11, 2009
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 1; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers,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.992, p. 476; "Sharing the Common Wealth," Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, vol. XLI, no. 1 (Winter 2015), illust. in color, back cover
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the edition Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.189).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
In an article for The English Journal, Ruth Teuscher noted that Wyeth's illustrations for some of the classics "have great pictorial beauty aside from their value as illustrations." A footnote included the information that original paintings for The Deerslayer could be purchased from the artist through Scribner's for "about $500." (Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 608-609 ).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:BRM photo files