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N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) untitled (man and boy hunting ducks) ca. 1915 / 1919 Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 51 1/4 in. (64.1 x 130.1 cm) Private collection NCW NUMBER 2385 TITLE untitled (man and boy hunting ducks) ALTERNATE TITLE(S) The Duck Hunt MEDIUM Oil on canvas INSCRIPTION(S), LABEL(S) Lower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined) DATE ca. 1915 / 1919 PROVENANCE Private collection, New York; Robert and Harriette Kessler, New York, ca. 1960s; descended in family; (Christie's, New York, NY, lot no. 52, April 25, 2002, as "The Duck Hunt"; (Christie's, New York, NY, lot no. 104, Dec. 4, 2003) INITIAL USE Detail of two figures used as 1920 calendar illustration, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, CT; 3/4 of image used as easel-backed point of purchase display REFERENCES Bob Strauss, Beverly Strauss, American Sporting Advertising, Vol. I, Posters and Calendars (Jefferson, ME: Circus Promotions Corp., 1987), WR-24; John Delph, Firearms & Tackle Memorabilia, A Collector's Guide (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1991), p. 93; Tom Webster, Winchester Rarities (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000), ps. 21, 85; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.28, p. 646 CURATORIAL COMMENT Andrew Wyeth believes this is his father's work and suggested that the painting might have been commissioned by an Eastern Shore duck-hunting enthusiast; no archival information supports this assumption. IMAGE SOURCE Transparency directly from painting PHOTO CREDIT Photo by Jim Strong