Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (portrait of a cowboy)
Alternate Title(s):The Outlaw
Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on hardboard
Date: 1908
Dimensions:
10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (26.7 × 26.7 cm)
C. W. Hargens, III
Accession number: SUPP2000.1266
Research Number: NCW: 1266
InscribedLower right along edge of circle: N. C. W. ; written on reverse of canvas: 1881 (underlined) / (one illegible word) # 11 / 13/13
ProvenancePossibly Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelphia, PA; Charles W. Hargens, Jr., Carversville, PA until 1997
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 261, as "The Outlaw"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.213, p. 176
Curatorial RemarksThis image, 9 1/4 inches in diameter, was probably done on a larger canvas that also included a major vignette (NCW 2458) and another circular picture of the other main character in the story (NCW 2459). It is not known when the canvas was cut and the separate images were mounted on hardboard supports.
The first owner of the painting, illustrator Charles Hargens, Jr. (1893-1997), also worked for Curtis Publishing.
The first owner of the painting, illustrator Charles Hargens, Jr. (1893-1997), also worked for Curtis Publishing.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from art work
Photo Credit:Randl Bye, Photographer