Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Untitled (still life of geometric objects and vase; verso, still life with cross)
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: Fall 1899-Spring 1990
Dimensions:
12 × 17 7/8 in. (30.5 × 45.4 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2246.336
Research Number: NCW: 2246.336
Inscribedupper right: L. 53; on verso in upper right: L. 53
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family
Curatorial RemarksThe "L.53" in the upper right of both sides of this drawing is probably a reference to a locker number used by Wyeth while a student at Mass Normal Art School, according to records now held by Mass College of Art (Courtesy of Paul Dobbs, Archivist, Mass College of Art). Wyeth was enrolled at Mass Normal Art School for the fall semester, 1899 and the spring semester, 1900, accounting for the date of this piece. While a student at Mass Normal, Wyeth took classes in both "Geometry" and "Perspective."
Other drawings of similar subject matter with the same marking ("L.53") and on the same sized sheets are NCW 2246.337, .338, .339 and .340.
Other drawings of similar subject matter with the same marking ("L.53") and on the same sized sheets are NCW 2246.337, .338, .339 and .340.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer