Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mississippi Steamboat, composition drawing
Alternate Title(s):Down the Mississippi
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1944
Dimensions:
39 1/4 × 50 in. (99.7 × 127 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1502
Research Number: NCW: 1502
InscribedLower right: N. C. W. / N. C. W. (underlined in different hand)
ProvenanceThe artist; Ann Wyeth McCoy, Chadds Ford, PA; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE); (Hammer Galleries, New York, NY, 1997); Sam Wyly, Dallas, TX, 1997 to 2015 (and for sale at Sotheby's, New York, NY, May 24, 2001, lot no. 83, and Sotheby's, New York, NY, March 13, 2002, lot no. 81, as "The Mississippi Steamboat," but did not sell at either auction); (Dallas, TX, Dallas Auction Gallery, Nov. 4, 2015, lot no. 56); (Dallas, TX, Dallas Auction Gallery, Oct. 5, 2016, lot no. 50);
Exhibition HistoryGreenville, DE, 1995
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.170) used in the transfer of the design from paper to hardboard panel (NCW 2118).