Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
De Spain covered a hardly perceptible black object on the trail.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1915
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1799
Research Number: NCW: 1799
InscribedLower right: N C WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
ProvenanceThe artist (returned to him from Scribner's, 1/10/1917, #B10098)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 218; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.568, p. 306, 307
Curatorial RemarksThe Scribner's edition was published in April, 1916, the same month Everybody's Magazine concluded their four-month serialization of the story with illustrations by Charles Sarka (1879-1960). This particular episode in the story was depicted by both men.
According to Scribner's archival material, this image was also reproduced on the dust-jacket (Scribner's archives, Brandywine River Museum library).
According to Scribner's archival material, this image was also reproduced on the dust-jacket (Scribner's archives, Brandywine River Museum library).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital scan from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:web: BRM staff, 11/2005; hardcover: Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2006