Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
They made a handsome couple
Alternate Title(s):Christian and Maimiti
Medium: Probably oil on hardboard (probably Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1771
Research Number: NCW: 1771
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
References
N.C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1940 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum), as "Christian and Maimiti"; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 212; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1293, p. 582
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of Pitcairn's Island (NCWS.95.604) that Wyeth read in preparation for the commission, which includes a typed copy of his initial illustrative program for the Bounty trilogy; and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.116) made from a composition drawing which was used in the transfer of the image from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography from printed source (Brandywine River Museum library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 9/7/2006