Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The gentleman, young and fair and good to look upon, took in the situation at a glance.
Alternate Title(s):The Gentleman Young and Fair; Man on Horse with a Whip
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
30 1/4 × 32 1/2 in. (76.8 × 82.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.716
Research Number: NCW: 716
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth (with M. Knoedler & Co., 1957, #54824); (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN); Private collection, Harper Woods, MI, to 1999; (Christie's, New York, NY, May 26, 1999, lot no. 157); Private collection, Wilmington, DE; (Frank E. Fowler); (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE); Private collection, New York; (Christie's, New York, NY, May 24, 2007, lot no. 161);
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 47, as "Man on Horse with a Whip"; New York, NY, Grand Central Art Galleries, "The Artist As Illustrator," April 13-23, 1976, no numbers
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 51; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 265; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1085, p. 509
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Spanierman Gallery LLC, 6/2004