Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece (boat with figures holding oars straight up)
Alternate Title(s):Untitled tailpiece for The Mysterious Island
Medium: Ink on illustration board
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
7 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (18.4 × 27.3 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1985
Accession number: 85.10.114
Research Number: NCW: 1218
Inscribed"Part III / End of Chap. XVII"
ProvenanceThe artist; Andrew Wyeth
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1997; Akron, OH, Akron Museum of Art, June 15 - Sept. 1, 2002, and Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, Sept. 21 - Nov. 17, 2002, "N. C. Wyeth from the Brandywine River Museum Collection"
Curatorial RemarksThe artist completed all of the pen and ink drawings for The Mysterious Island during the first two weeks of August, 1918 (NCW to HZW, 8/14/1918, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from drawing