Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
All Around Magazine, cover illustration
Alternate Title(s):The Return of the Four; Man in Desert Garb; Man in Desert Outfit
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1915
Dimensions:
40 1/8 × 30 1/4 in. (101.9 × 76.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.872
Research Number: NCW: 872
ProvenanceStreet & Smith, New York, NY, through 1961; Conde Nast Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1962-1964; (Graham Gallery, New York, NY, 1964-1977); Private collection, Belvedere, CA and Collection of B. Clyde Cohen; Collection of B. Clyde Cohen; (Christie's, New York, NY, Sept. 28, 1983, lot no. 268, as "Man in Desert Outfit"); (George Robert Minkoff Inc., Rare Books, Great Barrington, MA, Dec. 1984); (?); Private collection, Portland, ME; (Barridoff Galleries, Portland, ME, Aug. 4, 1999, lot no. 215); Private collection, NY; (Heritage On-Line Auctions (Bid@HA.com), ending May 4, 2011, lot no. 78340;
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1964, no. 7, as "Man in Desert Garb"; San Mateo, CA, La Galeria, "Wyeth / N. C. Andrew James," May 1 - June 16, 1977, as "Man in Desert Garb";
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 249; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.572, p. 308
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Barridoff Gallery, Portland, ME