Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"I am advertising the Brotherhood of Man, Simplicity, Truth, and Freedom from Possessions" (left side)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1914
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.2061
Research Number: NCW: 2061
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 252; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.538, p. 296
Curatorial RemarksThis image is one half of a double page illustration. The other half (NCW 728) stayed with the artist until his death but there is no archival material to indicate the disposition of the left side.
Wyeth illustrated two stories in the December 1914 issue of American Magazine. A letter, dated simply "Friday 4 PM" to HZW (WFA), noted: "...to cap it all, the American Magazine has turned down a Christmas story I did for it. I made unusual efforts to produce what they wanted by making a second series (which have just gone on the three o'clock train) but these latter pictures are no better, and I feel deparess as the deuce." Unfortunately, later correspondence does not make clear to which group he referred.
Wyeth illustrated two stories in the December 1914 issue of American Magazine. A letter, dated simply "Friday 4 PM" to HZW (WFA), noted: "...to cap it all, the American Magazine has turned down a Christmas story I did for it. I made unusual efforts to produce what they wanted by making a second series (which have just gone on the three o'clock train) but these latter pictures are no better, and I feel deparess as the deuce." Unfortunately, later correspondence does not make clear to which group he referred.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. image from printed source (Brandywine River Museum library, tear sheet); 2. image as reproduced in American Magazine (Brandywine River Museum library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:1. Rick Echelmeyer; 2. BRM staff