Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Portrait of C. Douglass Buck, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1937 / 1945
Dimensions:
25 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. (64.1 × 47 cm)
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
Gift of Carolyn Wyeth
Accession number: SUPP2000.1501
Research Number: NCW: 1501
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN)
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.182) used in the transfer of the design from paper to canvas (NCW 2366). The museum collection also includes a charcoal drawing (NCW 2080, 96.1.517) of an alternative composition, and two formal photographs of the sitter (NCWS.95.1047.1 and .1047.2) that were most likely consulted as references.
Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) was governor of Delaware from 1929-1937.
Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) was governor of Delaware from 1929-1937.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Hunter Museum of Art