Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Right of All the Way
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.2116
Research Number: NCW: 2116
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceAmerican Telephone & Telegraph
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 293; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.22, p. 644
Curatorial RemarksA T & T's advertising account was handled by N. W. Ayer & Son of Philadelphia. The identical composition was also reproduced in pen and ink style drawing for the same advertisement (Box 21, N. W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution), but it's not clear whether the ink drawing is Wyeth's work. The painting is dated by its publication date.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Digital scan from printed source; 2. Digital image from proof
Photo Credit:1. Web: BRM staff; Publication: Rick Echelmeyer, digital photography from printed source, 7/11/2006; 2. N.W. Ayer Advertising Agency Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian Institution