Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (bust-length figure of a man)
Alternate Title(s):Captain Onion
Medium: Probably charcoal on paper
Date: ca. 1900
Dimensions:
23 1/2 × 18 in. (59.7 × 45.7 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1531
Research Number: NCW: 1531
Inscribedlower left within figure: N C W
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to 1972; (Nicholas Wyeth); Aldis Brown, New York, NY, July 1972;
Curatorial RemarksThis is a student work, possibly done at Massachusetts Normal Art School during the spring 1900 semester for a class described as "Model, charcoal"; or done at the Eric Pape School during the fall 1900 term.
The catalogue raisonne file for this drawing contains a polaroid photograph of the drawing, attached to a 1982 letter and annotated on the reverse in an unidentifed hand "Captain Onion." Captain Onion was a Civil War veteran whose family lived across the Charles River from the Wyeths in Needham.
The drawing is one of a group of 16 early works sold by Nicholas Wyeth in 1972.
The catalogue raisonne file for this drawing contains a polaroid photograph of the drawing, attached to a 1982 letter and annotated on the reverse in an unidentifed hand "Captain Onion." Captain Onion was a Civil War veteran whose family lived across the Charles River from the Wyeths in Needham.
The drawing is one of a group of 16 early works sold by Nicholas Wyeth in 1972.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from art work