Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Aunt Jemima Bids Goodbye to the Old Plantation
Alternate Title(s):Aunt Jemima Leaves Her Cabin for the North
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1920
Dimensions:
28 3/16 × 30 in. (71.6 × 76.2 cm)
The Quaker Oats Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.577
Research Number: NCW: 577
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse of frame, stamped in black: Box Number 2 Picture Number 2
ProvenanceAunt Jemima Mills Co., St. Louis, MO, c. 1921-1926
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 293; M. M. Manring, Slave in a Box, The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima (University of Virginia Press, 1998), ps. 112-127, esp. p. 121; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.48, p. 653
Curatorial RemarksThis was the fifth in a series of six advertisements by Wyeth published between Sept. 1920 and Feb. 1921. Accompanied by a lengthy text, each month's picture illustrated an event in the life of Aunt Jemima.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Bailey Art Conservation, Inc.