Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Eric the Red Discovers America - 850 AD, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: ca. 1935-1945
Dimensions:
35 × 44 in. (88.9 × 111.8 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.430
Research Number: NCW: 430
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN, 1976)
Curatorial RemarksIn a handwritten list of drawings from the artist's studio that were consigned to Frank E. Fowler in 1976, no. 7 is "study for Eric the Red Discovers America - 850 AD" (Brandywine River Museum, curatorial files). Fowler has confirmed that this is the drawing referenced. The dimensions were given as 35 x 44 inches and the drawing was noted as signed in the lower right. The present image is from a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.257, Brandywine River Museum) found in the artist's studio. The image is a study for NCW 2095; the commission for which the image was made is unknown.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Image made from lantern slide (Brandywine River Museum NCWS.95.1825.257)