Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Sir Mador's spear brake all to pieces, but the other's spear held
Alternate Title(s):A Tournament in the Days of King Arthur; Knights Jousting at a Tournament
Date: 1917
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1121
Research Number: NCW: 1121
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1917-1924; Mrs. Robert Bacon, New York, NY, 1924
References
Wilbur Fisk Gordy, American Beginnings in Europe (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925), p. 194, as "Knights Jousting at a Tournament."; Geoffrey Parsons, The Stream of History, vol. III (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929), frontispiece in color, as "A Tournament in the Days of King Arthur"; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 209; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.671, p. 351
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of the Boy's King Arthur that Wyeth read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.171, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Illustrations by Alfred Kappes) and marked with notes as he selected the incidents to picture.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 9/7/2006