Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
New Story Magazine, cover illustration
Alternate Title(s):The Decoy; Two Men in Tree, Shooting
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
33 × 24 1/4 in. (83.8 × 61.6 cm)
Collection of Charles B. Ruger
Accession number: SUPP2000.1190
Research Number: NCW: 1190
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceStreet & Smith, New York, NY, through 1961; Conde Nast Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1962-1964; (Graham Gallery, New York, NY, 1964); W. H. Middleton, New York, NY; (Berry-Hill Galleries, NY, 1967- Jan. 1969); Collection of William B. Ruger, 1969-2002
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1964, no. 10, as "Two Men in Tree, Shooting"
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 267; Adrienne Ruger Conzelman, Linda S. Ferber, and Peter H. Hassrick, After the Hunt: The Art Collection of William B. Ruger (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002), p. 194, #185; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.444, p. 262
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jeffrey Nintzel Photography