Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Story of Gold
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
28 × 26 1/2 in. (71.1 × 67.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.833
Research Number: NCW: 833
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label, no. 829, dated 10/27/39
ProvenanceJohn Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, IA; gift to The University of South Dakota, 1941; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN); Robert and Carole Findlay, 1984-1994; (Ronald Randall, Santa Barbara, CA); (Illustration House, New York, NY, Nov. 5, 1994, lot no. 101)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 156, 291; Milo Dailey, "Given to University by John Morrell & Co. Collection of N. C. Wyeth Paintings Hanging in USD School of Business" Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, Sept. 13, 1972, p. 19; Arpi Ermoyan, Famous American Illustrators (Crans, Switzerland: Rotovision, S. A., for the Society of Illustrators, 1997), illustration in color p. 55; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.143, p. 685
Curatorial RemarksNCW 1108 is a composition drawing for the image; the Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.154) made from the drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of private collector