Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (study of a calf, for Summer Night; verso, fragment of composition drawing for Lewis and Clark)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Date: ca. 1939
Dimensions:
H: 8 1/2 in, W: 12 5/8 in
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2198
Research Number: NCW: 2198
InscribedIn NCW's hand, lower right: Summer Night sketch; on verso, upper left portion of composition drawing for Lewis and Clark, crossed out
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family
Curatorial RemarksOn the verso is a drawing related to the Morrell & Company calendar image of Lewis and Clark (NCW 282). The drawing differs, however, from NCW 282 and from the composition drawing depicted in a lantern slide (NCWS.1825.167) held by the Brandywine River Museum.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1.) b/w contact sheet; 2.) b/w photograph