Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Far Off a Voice Said, "All Right, Slim, Hop Him!" Then There Were Dim Cries of "Sock It to Him! . . ."
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1925
Dimensions:
32 1/4 × 32 in. (81.9 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection, PA
Accession number: SUPP2000.635
Research Number: NCW: 635
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE, 1989);
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 68; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 265; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1028, p. 489
Curatorial RemarksTwo canvases composed a complete illustration layed out on a double page spread. Wyeth gave the right side (NCW 2474) of the illustration to a boy who visited his studio in the late 1920s; the left side was documented in a studio inventory in 1950.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Transparency directly from painting; 2. appearance of image as originally printed in double page spread, with NCW 2474 (Brandywine River Museum library)
Photo Credit:1. Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2004; 2. BRM staff