Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Great Spirit of the Cornlands, composition drawing
Alternate Title(s):From the Land of Hiawatha
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1942
Dimensions:
H: 33 in, W: 34 in
Private Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2330
Research Number: NCW: 2330
InscribedLower left: N C WYETH (from photograph)
Provenancewith Wyeth family until 1976; sold through Frank Fowler
Curatorial RemarksThe Leo Burnet Advertising Agency, which handled this account for Minnesota Valley Canning, actually sent corn leaves to the artist, so he would know the correct "width and general contour" of the perfect leaves (letter on American Artists letterhead to Sidney Mendelsohn of American Artists, marked COPY and dated Aug. 12, 1942, Wyeth Family Archives), as well as "Kodachrome transparencies showing fiels of corn" (American Artists Company to NCW, August 19, 1942, Wyeth Family Archives). A lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.196) of the drawing is in the N. C. Wyeth studio collection (Brandywine River Museum).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork