Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece (man shooting)
Alternate Title(s):Untitled (Man shooting); Convict firing rifle.
Medium: Ink on illustration board
Date: 1918
Dimensions:
9 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (24.8 × 29.8 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1985
Accession number: 85.10.113
Research Number: NCW: 1219
InscribedLower right: PART III / END of CHAP. VI; upper right: [circled] 41; on verso in pencil: Wyeth--Mysterious Island / [circled] 14 / 9 3/8 x 11 1/4
ProvenanceDescended in family; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1985
Exhibition HistoryChicago, IL, 1997
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), ps. 601-602, letter numbers 492, 493; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 222 as "Convict firing rifle."; Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989 (Brandywine Conservancy, 1991), p. 206
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 print