Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (man with a pistol)
Alternate Title(s):Man with a pistol
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1903
Dimensions:
29 × 22 1/2 in. (73.7 × 57.2 cm)
The Sordoni Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.39
Research Number: NCW: 39
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth (and with Knoedler Galleries, New York, ca. 1957, # 54833); Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sordoni, Jr.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1957, no. 1; Harrisburg, PA, 1965, no. 7; Rockland, ME, 1966, no. 1; Chadds Ford, PA, 2002(2); Philadelphia, PA, Drexel University, Paul Peck Alumni Center, Howard Pyle, His Students and The Golden Age of American Illustration, April 4 - June 18, 2017, illus. p. 200;
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), b/w illustration p. 25; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.20, p. 107
Curatorial RemarksThis painting is typical of the costumed character studies that Howard Pyle required of his students.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting