Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
untitled (standing male figure, from the side)
Medium: Probably charcoal on paper
Date: 1900
Dimensions:
approximately 25 × 18 in. (63.5 × 45.7 cm)
Collection of Phyllis Beard
Accession number: SUPP2000.1560
Research Number: NCW: 1560
InscribedLower right: N. C. Wyeth 00
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to 1972; (Nicholas Wyeth); Aldis Brown, New York, NY, July 1972; (?); (auctioned on E-bay by book dealer in Anaheim, CA, May 1999, with info. that it had been purchased 10 years prior at auction, possibly at Butterfield & Butterfield);
Curatorial RemarksThis drawing is typical of the artist's student work before he enrolled in the Howard Pyle School of Art. It was probably done at the Massachusetts Normal Art School during the spring of 1900 for a class described as "Model, charcoal," or done at the Eric Pape School during fall 1900.
The drawing was one of 16 sold by Nicholas Wyeth in July 1972 to Aldis Brown of New York. Six of those drawings were of costumed models and may have been done in the same class (see NCW 1523, 1524, 1530, 1562, and 1565).
The drawing was one of 16 sold by Nicholas Wyeth in July 1972 to Aldis Brown of New York. Six of those drawings were of costumed models and may have been done in the same class (see NCW 1523, 1524, 1530, 1562, and 1565).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from artwork