Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
title unknown (half length figure of hunter at dawn)
Alternate Title(s):Duck Hunting
Medium: Oil on canvas on hardboard
Date: 1915 / 1925
Dimensions:
22 x 29 1/2 in. (55.9 x 74.9 cm)
Private collection, TN
Accession number: SUPP2000.666
Research Number: NCW: 666
InscribedLower left: SKETCH / N C W
ProvenanceKindred McLean Lithography Co., New York, NY; Collection of G. Estabrook Kindred, Scarsdale, NY, to 1998; (American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY, 1998, as "Duck Hunting"); (Frank E. Fowler, 1999);
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.29, p. 646
Curatorial RemarksAccording to family history, this painting was commissioned by Kindred McLean Lithography, New York, for Remington Arms as an advertising image. Information from Remington Arms suggests the image was used for window or display case advertisement (correspondence Jennifer Houze to C. B. Podmaniczky, March 21, 1998, Brandywine River Museum).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Archive of the American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY