Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Deep in hollow sockets his hot eyes burned, red with fever. He sat his horse like an old man, haggard and bent.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1656
Research Number: NCW: 1656
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenanceReturned to artist; canvas reused for NCW 1998
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 258; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.438, p. 258-259
Curatorial RemarksMost of the pictures for this commission were probably complete by May 11, 1912, when Wyeth wrote to his mother (WFA) that he had just shipped off the products of "10 days hard labor...pictures of war, of soldiers and guns, and men with hard strife-worn faces!"
After this illustration was published, the artist reused the canvas to paint NCW 1998. The underimage was discovered by Richard C. Wolbers during routine conservation treatment in 2000.
After this illustration was published, the artist reused the canvas to paint NCW 1998. The underimage was discovered by Richard C. Wolbers during routine conservation treatment in 2000.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. image from printed source (Wilmington Public Library) 2. xradiography of NCW 1998, showing the underimage
Photo Credit:1. Colourworks, Wilmington, DE; 2. Courtesy of Richard C. Wolbers