Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
First Farmer of the Land, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1945
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 33 1/2 in. (102.2 × 85.1 cm)
Private collection, ME
Accession number: SUPP2000.207
Research Number: NCW: 207
InscribedLower left: N. C. W.
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; private collection, Chadds Ford, PA to at least 1974
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "Harvest Exhibition," Sept. 6 - Nov. 24, 1974;
Curatorial RemarksThe artist wrote on Aug. 22, 1945, "...I visited the Curtis people with my interpretation of George Washington - Farmer. This sketch, I'm glad to say, was accepted with enthusiasm, so now it's a matter in my hands to complete" (NCW to Carolyn Bockius Wyeth, dated by NCW 8/22/45, Wyeth Family Archives).
A photograph taken in the main studio in late October 1945 shows this drawing and the partially completed panel on easels, the commission on which Wyeth was at work at the time of his death.
A photograph taken in the main studio in late October 1945 shows this drawing and the partially completed panel on easels, the commission on which Wyeth was at work at the time of his death.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from drawing
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography files