A Trapper

Dateca. 1910-15

Maker Newell Convers Wyeth born Canton, New York, 1882; died Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1945

Object number2018.5.6

ProvenanceAccording to a hand-written label on backing board, the painting was in the family of one James Hardan; consigned by an unidentified source to [Knoedler Galleries, New York, stock no. S3320, Oct. 30, 1957 - Jan. 1967]; installed in home of E. Coe Kerr, Jr., President of Knoedler Gallery, Carlton House, New York, 1967 - Nov. 20, 1968; officially removed from inventory and released to E. Coe Kerr, Jan. 1969, probably upon the establishment of Coe Kerr Gallery, New York; to Mrs. E. Coe Kerr, Jr., New York, probably by bequest upon her husband’s death in 1973, at least 1980; {Mrs. George Arden}; sold [Christies, New York, American Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. George Arden, Part I, May 22, 1991, sale no. 7304, lot no. 197]; sold to [American Illustrators Gallery, New York], 1991; [A. J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington]; sold to Bruce Leven, Seattle, Washington; Estate of Bruce Leven, 2017-2018; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2018

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, M. Knoedler & Company, Exhibition of Paintings by N.C. Wyeth, 1882-1945, Oct. 29 - Nov. 23, 1957. Cat. no. 40 [for sale]. Norwich, Connecticut, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich Free Academy, Nov. 1958 - Jan. 1959. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, William Penn Memorial Museum (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission), N. C. Wyeth and the Brandywine Tradition, Oct. 13 - Nov. 28, 1965. Cat. no. 104 [lent by M. Knoedler & Company]. Rockland, Maine, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, An Exhibition of Paintings from the World of N.C. Wyeth, July 20 - Sept. 4, 1966. Cat. no. 8, reproduced [lent by M. Knoedler & Company]. Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, The Western World of N.C. Wyeth, May 1 - Sept. 30, 1980 (Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, Oct. 14 - Nov.11, 1980 (Denver, Colorado Historical Society, Dec. 20, 1980 - Feb. 15, 1981). No cat. no. [lent by Mrs. E. Coe Kerr]. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.Published ReferencesPodmaniczky, Christine B. N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings. 2 vols. (London: Scala, Ltd., 2008), Cat. no. 1.325, p. 217, and online version, http://collections.brandywine.org/ncwcr.

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Bruce Leven

Dimensions34 1/4 x 25 in. (87 x 63.5 cm) Framed: 41 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3 in. (105.4 x 82.6 x 7.6 cm)

MediumOil on canvas