untitled (drawing of a nude female, waist to head)

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

untitled (drawing of a nude female, waist to head)

Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: not dated
Dimensions:
7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm)
Collection of William John Pignonello
Accession number: SUPP2000.2618
Research Number: NCW: 2618
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to 1977; (Frank E. Fowler, 1977)
Curatorial RemarksThese figures do not relate closely to figures in any known work. The drawing calls to mind the figures of the sirens in Wyeth's 1929 "The Sirens" (NCW 588), however, on closer examination the figures in the present work are differently oriented. The drawing came from the N. C. Wyeth studio collection; most of those drawings date from the later portion of Wyeth's career.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography from artwork
Photo Credit:courtesy of owner