Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Loaded pistols were served out to all the sure men
Alternate Title(s):Preparing for the Mutiny; Serving Out the Weapons; Passing Out the Arms; Passing Out the Weapons
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
47 3/8 × 38 3/8 in. (120.3 × 97.5 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.20
Research Number: NCW: 20
InscribedUpper left.: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, NY, to 1916; purchased by Bartlett Arkell for the Fort Rensselaer Club, Canajoharie, NY; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1953-1955); (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY, 3/55); Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Laughlin, 1957; (M. Knoedler & Co., NY, to 1960)
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 98, as "Passing Out the Arms"; Harrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 79, as "Passing Out the Weapons"; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 23, illus. b/w; Chadds Ford, PA, 1971, no. 65, as "Serving Out the Weapons"; Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 58; Greenville, SC, 1974, no. 27; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(1); Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), no. 16 on p. 200, illus. in color p. 100; Chadds Ford, PA, 1990(1); Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth and His Grandson: A Legacy," Jan. 24 - March 29, 1998 (Chadds Ford venue only of Chicago, IL, 1997 and not included in checklist); Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth's Treasure Island: Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale," Sept. 10- Nov. 20, 2011
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 218, illus. in color p. 82; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.337, p. 225, 226
Curatorial RemarksThe painting suffered fire damage at the Fort Rensselaer Club on Dec. 29, 1952. Nicholas Wyeth recalled that during an old conversation treatment (sometime after the Wyeths acquired the painting in 1960), the faces of all the figures were repainted by conservator Timothy Jayne. (NW to CBP, Brandywine River Museum of Art, 3/2017). There is no extant documentation of this treatment.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting