Untitled (still life of chair and truck; verso, ladder back chair and two crates)

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Untitled (still life of chair and truck; verso, ladder back chair and two crates)

Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: Fall 1899-Spring 1990
Dimensions:
11 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (30.2 × 45.4 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.2246.338
Research Number: NCW: 2246.338
Inscribedupper right: L. 53; verso, in upper right: L. 53
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family
Curatorial RemarksThe "L.53" in the upper right 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 a class called "Perspective."
Drawings of similar subjects with the same mark ("L.53") on the same-sized sheets and thus probably related are NCW 2246.336, .337, .339 and .340.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer