Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
How Aunt Jemima Saved the Colonel's Mustache and His Reputation as a Host
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1920
Dimensions:
32 × 34 in. (81.3 × 86.4 cm)
The Quaker Oats Company
Accession number: SUPP2000.579
Research Number: NCW: 579
InscribedLower right within main image: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse of frame, stamped in black: Box Number 1 Picture Number 1
ProvenanceAunt Jemima Mills Co., St. Louis, MO, c. 1920-1926
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 293; M. M. Manring, Slave in a Box, The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima (University of Virginia Press, 1998), ps.123, 124; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.44, p. 652
Curatorial RemarksThis was the first in a series of six advertisements by Wyeth published between Sept. 1920 and Feb. 1921. Accompanied by a lengthy text, each month's picture illustrated an event in the life of Aunt Jemima.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Bailey Art Conservation, Inc.