Memgumban, back in the steamy hills, was unhappy. The hills were sadly unimproved real estate. Trees full of pythons, jungles swarming with nasty little hill dwarfs who blew poisoned arrows at you as a pasttime.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1919

Dimensions:

30 1/4 × 42 in. (76.8 × 106.7 cm)

Private collection

Accession number: SUPP2000.680

Research Number: NCW: 680

Inscribedleft side: N. C. WYETH (underlined)

ProvenanceNathaniel C. Wyeth; descended in family; (with American Illustrators Gallery, New York, NY by 2003 through at least 2005); (Heritage Internet Auction, sold 10/14/2012);

References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 271Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.793, p. 397

Curatorial RemarksWyeth knew this horizontally oriented picture would be printed across two pages, so he positioned the figures of the man and python to either side so each would be centered on a page.

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparency directly from artwork

Photo Credit:Courtesy the Archive of the American Illustrators Gallery, NYC

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Memgumban, back in the steamy hills, was unhappy. The hills were sadly unimproved real estate. Trees full of pythons, jungles swarming with nasty little hill dwarfs who blew poisoned arrows at you as a pasttime.

N.C. Wyeth

Memgumban, back in the steamy hills, was unhappy. The hills were sadly unimproved real estate. Trees full of pythons, jungles swarming with nasty little hill dwarfs who blew poisoned arrows at you as a pasttime.