Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Alleyne Fights on the Banks of the Garonne
Back and back gave Tranter, ever seeking time for a last cut. On and on came Alleyne.
Alternate Title(s):Alleyne Fights on the Banks of the Garronne [sic]
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
39 3/4 × 29 1/2 in. (101 × 74.9 cm)
Vulcan Materials Company Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.484
Research Number: NCW: 484
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth to at least 1950; Private collection
Exhibition HistorySan Mateo, CA, La Galeria, "Wyeth / N. C. Andrew James," May 1 - June 16, 1977, illust. in b/w in catalogue; Lubbock, TX, 1959, no. 37; Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Museum of Art, "Art Investments: Selections from Three Alabama Corporate Collections," Aug. 5 - Sept. 9, 1984, illustration in b/w p. 51 as "Alleyne Fights on the Banks of the Garronne"
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 31; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 204; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.921, p. 442, 443
Curatorial RemarksSee letter NCW to Sidney M. Chase, Aug. 3, 1922, "The reading of the Chronicles of Froissart (all of them) was a very bright spot in the preparation of The White Company" (letter, Wyeth Family Archives, and see two copies of The Chronicles illustrated by Alfred Knapp, NCWS.95. 3424 and .4319, Brandywine River Museum). All images for The White Company were copyrighted by the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation.
"For years we had on our reading list Conan Doyle's White Company, but the only copy in the library was a small, drab-colored book with fine print and no pictures. This past year we have had a copy of the lovely new edition illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, a rather large book with good-sized print and beautiful pictures." From Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 606
"For years we had on our reading list Conan Doyle's White Company, but the only copy in the library was a small, drab-colored book with fine print and no pictures. This past year we have had a copy of the lovely new edition illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, a rather large book with good-sized print and beautiful pictures." From Ruth Teuscher, "Illustrated Books for Boys and Girls," The English Journal, vol. XVI, no. 8 (Oct. 1927), p. 606
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Vulcan Materials Company Collection