Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
About halfway down the slope to the stockade, they were collected in a group
Alternate Title(s):The Black Spot
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
46 × 37 1/2 in. (116.8 × 95.3 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.327
Research Number: NCW: 327
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / © CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, to 1915; purchased by Bartlett Arkell for the Fort Rensselaer Club, Canajoharie, NY, 1915; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1953); Jack Webb, Hollywood, CA; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1975-1976); (La Galeria, San Mateo, CA, 1977-1978); private collection; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mtn., TN, 1983)
Exhibition HistoryHarrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 75; Tuscon, AZ, 1975; San Mateo, CA, La Galeria, "Wyeth / N. C. Andrew James," May 1 - June 16, 1977, illustrated in b/w in catalogue; Memphis, TN, 1983, no. 24 on p. 94, p. 41, illus. on p. 42; Chadds Ford, PA, 1985; Chadds Ford, PA, 1987(2), cat. no. 12, illus. in color on p. 25; 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); Rockland, ME, 1998, no. 64 p. 165, illus. in color p. 64; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "N. C. Wyeth's Treasure Island: Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale," Sept. 10- Nov. 20, 2011
References
"The Stouthearted Heroes of a Beloved Painter," Life Magazine, vol. 43, no. 24 (Dec. 9, 1957), illus. in color p. 97; John Lewis, The Twentieth Century Book (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1967), illus. p. 212; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 218; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.343, p. 228-229; David M. Lubin, "Hidden Cargo: Overlooked Dimensions of N. C. Wyeth's Treasure Island Illustrations" in Jessica May and Christine B. Podmaniczky, "N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives" (Brandywine River Museum of Art and Portland Museum of Art, 2019), p. 29, fig. 5
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography files