Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Covered Wagons, composition drawing
Alternate Title(s):Covered Wagons; Sketch for "Covered Wagons"
Medium: Pencil on paper adhered to cardboard
Date: 1938 / 1939
Dimensions:
H: 14 in, W: 13 1/4 in
Accession number: SUPP2000.2457
Research Number: NCW: 2457
InscribedBottom center: COVERED WAGONS (underlined); verso: Gerald P. Peters label; handwritten label: N. C. Wyeth pencil drawing circa 1938 / This drawing given to John Denys McCoy / by Anne Wyeth McCoy Christmas / 1970
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family to Ann Wyeth McCoy; gift to her son, John Denys McCoy, 1970; [?--possibly Gerald Peters Gallery]; Private collection, TX; (Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, TX, Nov. 6, 2005, lot. no. 46 as "Sketch for 'Covered Wagons'"); Collection of Johnny Wright, Fredricksburg, TX; [Shannon's Art Auction, Milford, CT, Oct. 28, 2010, lot no. 96]
Curatorial RemarksThis is the composition drawing for NCW 845. The Brandywine River Museum holds the lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.161) made from the drawing and used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital image directly from drawing
Photo Credit:Courtesy Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, TX, 11/2005