Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Deacon and Parson Skeeters / In the tail of a game of Draw
Alternate Title(s):Draw Poker; The Poker Players
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
approximately 32 x 25 in. (81.2 x 63.4 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1019
Research Number: NCW: 1019
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; donated to the Allied Arts Fund auction, 1914; J. Henry Schiedt; Private collection and descended in family to 2014; (Sothebys, New York, NY, May 21, 2014, lot no.65);
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, 1913, no. 721, as "Draw Poker"; Philadelphia, PA, The Art Club of Philadelphia, "Exhibition and Sale of The Allied Arts Fund of the Emergency Aid," Dec. 7-17, 1914
References
Henry C. Pitz, "The Brandywine Tradition," American Artist Magazine, vol. 30, no. 10 (Dec. 1966), illustration p. 46; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 206; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.408, p. 250
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an unmarked copy of "Poems by John Hay," which includes "The Pike County Ballads," published by Houghton Mifflin (1899) and found in the artist's studio (NCWS.95.723).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Eric Crossan, 9/17/2006