N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)The Mysterious Island,untitled tailpiece (boat with figures holding oars straight up)1918Ink on illustration board, 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (18.4 x 27.3 cm)Brandywine River MuseumGift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth, 1985
NCW NUMBER
1218
TITLE
The Mysterious Island, untitled tailpiece (boat with figures holding oars straight up)
ALTERNATE TITLE(S)
Untitled tailpiece for The Mysterious Island
MEDIUM
Ink on illustration board
SUBJECT
illustration
DATE
1918
PROVENANCE
The artist; Andrew Wyeth
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Chadds Ford, PA, 1997; Akron, OH, Akron Museum of Art, June 15 - Sept. 1, 2002, and Lawrence, KS, Spencer Museum of Art, Sept. 21 - Nov. 17, 2002, "N. C. Wyeth from the Brandywine River Museum Collection"
INITIAL USE
b/w illustration p. 467, Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918)
CURATORIAL COMMENT
The artist completed all of the pen and ink drawings for The Mysterious Island during the first two weeks of August, 1918 (NCW to HZW, 8/14/1918, Wyeth Family Archives).
