Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Untitled (four mounted polo players chasing ball)
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: 1900/1902
Dimensions:
17 3/4 × 27 7/16 in. (45.1 × 69.7 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.69
Research Number: NCW: 1542
InscribedNo marks or inscriptions
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to 1994
Curatorial RemarksBefore coming to Wilmington to join Howard Pyle's school, Wyeth studied horses and riders at the Karlstein Polo Grounds in Dedham, Massachusetts. Related drawings of polo scenes include NCW 1549 (Brandywine River Museum 96.1.72) and NCW 645; NCW 82 and NCW 2259 are works done prior to Oct. 1902 with related equine figures.