Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
". . . with stones . . . he shaped them into rude knives."
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1906
Dimensions:
21 1/8 × 25 in. (53.7 × 63.5 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.649
Research Number: NCW: 649
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceMrs. Mark Freedman, New York, NY, as of 1965; (?); (with Wyeth Hurd Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, by 5/1997)
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 2005
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 268; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.142, p. 147
Curatorial RemarksThis painting was cut down and altered sometime after its initial publication. It is now missing approximately 3/8 of the original total height, including a signature and date (N. C. WYETH / 06) in the lower right corner. Pictured above the sailor's back in the reproduction, the upswept portion of the keel wreckage (studded with other large nails) has been removed. A photograph accompanying 1965 correspondence regarding the painting shows these alterations were made prior to that date (Brandywine River Museum files).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Transparency directly from painting; 2. Appearance of original image as published in Outing Magazine (Brandywine River Museum library)
Photo Credit:1. Rick Echelmeyer, 2/2005; 2. BRM staff