Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

Fall Back!

Details

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)
Fall Back!
signed 'Wyeth' lower right
oil on canvas
32¼ x 40in. (81.9 x 101.6cm.)

Provenance

Lagakos-Turak Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coe Kerr Gallery, New York

Literature

V.E. Roe, "Smoky Face," Collier's Weekly, June 9, 1917, vol. 59, no. 13, p. 17
D. Allen and D. Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals, New York, 1972, p. 256

Lot Essay

This painting was published as an illustration for Vingie E. Roe's story entitled "Smoky Face" that was featured in Collier's Weekly on June 9, 1917. It appeared with the caption: In ten seconds his gun was leveled in their gaping faces. 'Back!' he yelled, his blue eyes black like a maniac's; 'fall back!'
This painting is included in the N.C. Wyeth catalogue raisonné database that is being compiled by the Brandywine River Museum and Conservancy, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.