Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Anthology of Children's Literature, endpaper illustration
Alternate Title(s):Saint George and the Dragon
Medium: Oil on hardboard (probably Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1939 / 1940
Dimensions:
sight: 29 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (74.2 x 99.6 cm)
Private collection, Wilmington, DE
Accession number: SUPP2000.1002
Research Number: NCW: 1002
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to 1946; Private collection, Greenville, DE
Exhibition HistoryWilmington, DE, 1946, no. 31
References
N. C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1940, unpublished, Brandywine River Museum; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 208; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1257, p. 568
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds an earlier, unillustrated edition of this book that the artist used to plan his pictures (NCWS.95.595) and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.59) of the composition drawing, used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. transparency directly from painting; 2. composition drawing (location unknown), from lantern slide NCWS.95.1825.59 (Brandywine River Museum Library)
Photo Credit:1. Carson Zullinger, 3/2004; 2. BRM staff