Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Sun Glint, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1939
Dimensions:
approximately 25 x 33 1/2 in. (63.4 x 85 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1478
Research Number: NCW: 1478
Inscribedlower left within image: N.C.W. / 1939
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; Frank E. Fowler, 1976;
Exhibition HistoryMemphis, TN, 1983, catalogue no. 34 p. 96, illustration in b/w p.48, see also text p. 48; Portland, ME, 2000, no numbers, p. 59
Curatorial Remarks"The studios are organized...and I've initiated mine with two successful compositions which are with Sanborn's now for slides" (NCW in Port Clyde, ME, to Ann Wyeth McCoy, June 28, 1939, Wyeth Family Archives). The Brandywine River Museum holds the lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.246) that was used in the transfer from paper to panel (NCW 891).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Dennis Griggs, 2000