Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Last Stand at the Alamo, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal or graphite on paper
Date: ca. 1942
Dimensions:
18 × 16 1/2 in. (45.7 × 41.9 cm)
Private collection, Santa Fe, NM
Accession number: SUPP2000.1518
Research Number: NCW: 1518
Inscribednone
ProvenanceMichael Hurd, San Patricio, NM
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.147) used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 554).
After N. C. Wyeth's death, this drawing was selected by Andrew Wyeth for inclusion in a scrapbook titled "Drawings & Sketches of N. C. Wyeth, NA." Andrew Wyeth ordered the book from G. Alan Chidsey of Great Neck, NY. Correspondence (Chidsey to AW, 10/24/46, copy BRM) makes it clear that this drawing was ultimately not included in the book that was presented to Mrs. N. C. Wyeth at Christmas, 1946.
After N. C. Wyeth's death, this drawing was selected by Andrew Wyeth for inclusion in a scrapbook titled "Drawings & Sketches of N. C. Wyeth, NA." Andrew Wyeth ordered the book from G. Alan Chidsey of Great Neck, NY. Correspondence (Chidsey to AW, 10/24/46, copy BRM) makes it clear that this drawing was ultimately not included in the book that was presented to Mrs. N. C. Wyeth at Christmas, 1946.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork