Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
And They Did Their Trading from the Top of Battlemented Walls
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
39 1/4 × 27 in. (99.7 × 68.6 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.851
Research Number: NCW: 851
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) / -1905-
ProvenancePrivate collection and descended in family; (Boston, Mass., Skinner, Inc., Jan. 28, 2011, lot no. 362); private collection, Montana; [Great Falls, MT, The Russell: Sale to Benefit the C.M.Russell Museum, March 22, 2014, lot no. 159);
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths, The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p. 143; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 272, b/w illustration p. 30; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.94, p. 129
Curatorial Remarks"I have just completed a huge picture of the Cree Indians trading over the stockade with the early French, for the Post. It's in full color and H.P. says it's one of the most realistic pictures ever done in the school" (Besty James Wyeth, ed., p. 143).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum curatorial files