Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Battle of Westport, October 21, 1864, presentation painting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1920
Dimensions:
23 × 39 1/8 in. (58.4 × 99.4 cm)
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia
Accession number: SUPP2000.1141
Research Number: NCW: 1141
InscribedUpper left: RIGHT PANEL (underlined) / SKETCH / N. C. Wyeth; with numbers for transfer along the left edge and along curved outline
ProvenanceThe Missouri Capitol Decoration Commission/University of Missouri, to 1987
Exhibition HistoryColumbia, MO, Museum of Art and Archaeology (and 3 other venues), "Missouri State Capitol Murals 1917-1928," Jan. 20 - March 4, 1990, no. 55, cover illustration in b/w; Chadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "Romance in Conflict, N. C. Wyeth's Civil War Paintings," Jan. 22-March 20, 2011
References
Betsy James Wyeth, ed., The Wyeths The Letters of N. C. Wyeth, 1901-1945 (Boston: Gambit, 1971), ps. 650-651; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), M.8, p. 599, 600
Curatorial RemarksThis is most likely one of the sketches referred to in a letter dated Aug. 1, 1920, "My sketches for the Missouri Capitol decorations were passed upon and acepted..." (NCW to Sidney M. Chase, Wyeth, ed., p. 651)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork