Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"'It's a scientific, historic, precise'--and at every word his big hand made the glasses jump--'designation of him'"
Date: 1903
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.2396
Research Number: NCW: 2396
InscribedLower left: WYETH 03 (from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 278; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.9, p. 104
Curatorial RemarksOn August 9, 1903, N. C. Wyeth reported to his mother that he had received a letter from Albert Hencke of Success offering him "a very important serial story" to illustrate, providing he could have 3 paintings to him by September 1st. The first installment of "The Duke of Cameron Avenue" appeared in the November issue of Success with three illustrations, one by N. C. Wyeth and two by Arthur E. Jameson. One of the Jameson pictures depicts the same scene in the story as the Wyeth picture, which puzzled the young artist. "I don't see why in the world they published two of the same subject," he wrote to his mother, "but I suppose they fill up a certain space. They seemed to like the one I did anyway."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from Success reproduction, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2003