Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Spring House, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1943/1944
Dimensions:
39 1/2 × 53 in. (100.3 × 134.6 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.505
Research Number: NCW: 2052
InscribedVerso in pencil: The Spring House
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksIn a letter dated Feb. 9, 1944 to Andrew Wyeth, the artist indicated that the composition drawing was already complete: "I have, of course, not started the Spring House motif as there has been no time, but everything is ready to move when the moment comes." The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.244) of the drawing used to transfer the design from paper to panel (NCW 127).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer