Untitled (still life of chair and two crates; verso, four geometric shapes)

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Untitled (still life of chair and two crates; verso, four geometric shapes)

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: SUPP2000.2246.339
Research Number: NCW: 2246.339
Inscribedupper right of verso: 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 a classe entitled "Perspective."
Other drawings of similar subject matter with the same marking ("L.53") and on the same sized sheets are NCW 2246.336, .337, .338 and .340.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:b/w photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer