Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Muskrat-Hunters, Goodwin and Haynes
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1936
Dimensions:
42 1/2 × 30 7/8 in. (108 × 78.4 cm)
Deposited in the Concord Free Public Library
in memory of Emilie Norton Thomas by her family, 2003
Accession number: SUPP2000.1341
Research Number: NCW: 1341
Inscribedadhered to reverse of panel, partial Renaissance Panel label, no. 448, dated 5.18.36; inscribed directly on panel: Presented to _____ / July 26, 1969; written on top frame member: 22 / V (circled)
ProvenanceThe artist to 1945; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to late 1940s; Collection of Emilie Norton Thomas and Edward Thomas
Exhibition HistoryUtica, NY, 1938; Wilmington, DE, 1946, no. 64; Washington, DC, 1946, no. 22; Needham, MA, 1982, no numbers; Concord, MA, Concord Museum, N. C. Wyeth's Men of Concord, April 15 - September 18, 2016, ps.46, 47;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 220; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1213, p. 551
Curatorial RemarksA composition drawing for this painting is privately held (NCW 2091) and the Brandywine River Museum holds the lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.105) made from the drawing and used by the artist to transfer the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Anderson Photo, Concord, MA