Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
New Story Magazine, cover illustration
Alternate Title(s):Allan and the Holy Flower; Tropical Island; Tropical Island, Men Carrying Supplies Ashore
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1913
Dimensions:
40 × 30 1/8 in. (101.6 × 76.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1716
Research Number: NCW: 1716
ProvenanceStreet & Smith, New York, NY, through 1961; Conde Nast Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1962-1964; (with Graham Gallery, New York, NY, 1964); Private collection, 1968; (?); (Sotheby's, New York, NY, Nov. 30, 2005, lot no. 236, as "Tropical Island"); Private collection, Florida; (Schoonover Studios, Ltd., Wilmington, DE, 2012);
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1964, no. 12 as "Tropical Island, Men Carrying Supplies Ashore"; Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, "At the Edge: Art of the Fantastic," June 3 - September 9. 2012, p. 35
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 267, as "Allan and the Holy Flower"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.498, p. 286
Curatorial RemarksOn the magazine cover, a facsimilie of the artist's signature appears in the lower left where now on the painting there is just some swiggly green lines. Along the bottom of the canvas there may be traces of several other signatures since removed.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Digital scan directly from painting after treatment at Schoonover Studios, Ltd., 2012. 2. Image as reproduced on cover of New Story Magazine. 3. image prior to treatment
Photo Credit:1. Photo courtesy of Schoonover Studios, Ltd. 2. Brandywine River Museum Library. 3. Photo, circa 2005, courtesy of Sotheby's