Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"He found Schmeckenbecker solemnly throwing dice"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1903
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.2398
Research Number: NCW: 2398
InscribedLower right: 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.11, p. 104
Curatorial RemarksThe art editor at Success insited on changes in this painting, according to a letter dated Sept. 21, 1903. The young artist wrote to his mother, "Well, the German in the cigar store had to be touched up..."
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from Success illustration, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2003