Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The man's query was so startlingly abrupt that it caught Slim with his guard down.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
32 × 40 in. (81.3 × 101.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.701
Research Number: NCW: 701
InscribedLower right: WYETH (underlined)
ProvenancePrivate collection, Millerton, NY; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Murphy, Easton, MD, ca. 1991 to 2010; (Fairfield, ME, James D. Julia Auction, Aug. 25-27, 2010, lot no. 1172; unsold); for sale Nov. 12-14, 2010, to benefit Waterfowl Festival, Inc., Easton, MD
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 256; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.624, p. 330
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Katherine Wetzel, Inc., 3/2004