Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (standing female nude)
Medium: Probably charcoal on paper
Date: 1900 / 1901
Dimensions:
24 1/2 × 19 in. (62.2 × 48.3 cm)
La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia
Accession number: SUPP2000.1528
Research Number: NCW: 1528
InscribedLower left: N. C. Wyeth; paper watermarked with the following: L. BERVILLE (and) LALANNE
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to 1972; (Nicholas Wyeth); Aldis Brown, New York, NY, July 1972; (Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, April 17, 1975, lot no. 133)
Exhibition HistoryCooperstown, NY, Fenimore Art Museum, "Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies," May 7-September 5, 2022.
References
Victoria Browning Wyeth, Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies (Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2022), p. 13 and p. 56, illus. p. 12: https://www.facebook.com/fenimoreartmuseum/videos/what-kind-of-images-do-you-think-of-when-you-imagine-nc-wyeths-work-his-great-gr/752165709434496/
Curatorial RemarksThis drawing was probably done while Wyeth attended the Eric Pape School in Boston during fall 1900 and spring 1901. Pape's school brochure for 1901/1902 included photographs of the student exhibition held in June, 1901. Photograph #3 include drawings that look like they were done in the same modeling session.
The drawing was one of 16 sold by Nicholas Wyeth in July 1972 to Aldis Brown of New York. Of the 16 drawings, 7 were typical academic figure studies, and may have been done in the same class. See NCW 1475, 1529, 1532, 1561, 1563, and 1567. Other extant drawings bear the same watermarks and may be contemporary.
The drawing was one of 16 sold by Nicholas Wyeth in July 1972 to Aldis Brown of New York. Of the 16 drawings, 7 were typical academic figure studies, and may have been done in the same class. See NCW 1475, 1529, 1532, 1561, 1563, and 1567. Other extant drawings bear the same watermarks and may be contemporary.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photograph directly from drawing, 5/19/2006
Photo Credit:Courtesy of the Art Museum, La Salle University