Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Marfa, seized by two soldiers, was forced on her knees on the ground.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 30 5/16 in. (102.2 × 77 cm)
Private collection, Greenville, DE
Accession number: SUPP2000.612
Research Number: NCW: 612
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); written on reverse of canvas in center: VII (circled); label adhered to top stretcher bar at right: No. 880 / PICTURE; Scribner's label adhered to top stretcher bar, center: Michael Strogoff Illustration by Wyeth / Marfa, seized by two soldiers, was forced on her / Knees / Page 248 / THIS COPYRIGHTED PICTURE...etc.; written on top stretcher bar at left: # 5 (107); label adhered to top frame member at right: No. 880 / FRAME
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N.C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth, to 1984
References
Louis Flader, ed., Achievement in Photo-Engraving and Letter-Press Printing (Chicago: American Photo-Engravers Assoc., 1927), illustration in color, page F in insert of 12 pages bound between ps. 48 and 49; Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 7; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1050, p. 497
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the edition of Michael Strogoff that the artist read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.150).
The illustration was reproduced in a limited edition volume published by the Photo-Engravers Association in 1927 to celebrate recent achievements in photo-engraving and color printing. The legend under the image indicates that the reproduction was engraved for Scribner's and printed in a four-color process by the Powers Reproduction Corporation.
The illustration was reproduced in a limited edition volume published by the Photo-Engravers Association in 1927 to celebrate recent achievements in photo-engraving and color printing. The legend under the image indicates that the reproduction was engraved for Scribner's and printed in a four-color process by the Powers Reproduction Corporation.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 9/13/2005