title unknown (Indian sitting cross leg; horse behind him)

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

title unknown (Indian sitting cross leg; horse behind him)

Medium: Graphite on artist's board
Date: Prior to 1902
Dimensions:
approximately 28 3/8 x 20 1/8 in. (72 x 51.1 cm), corners broken

Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996

Accession number: 96.1.512.B
Research Number: NCW: 2041
Inscribedupper right in graphite, illegible inscription (possibly "an Indian is his (?) ")
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe verso of this drawing depicts an Indian holding a rifle, seated on a hummock, with the unfinished sketch of horse in background. Neither the image on the recto or verso can be linked with an oil painting.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer