Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Untitled (portrait of an old woman in a bonnet)
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: April 23, 1899
Dimensions:
14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.121
Research Number: NCW: 2537
InscribedLower right, in pencil: Apr. 23, 99
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to 1994
Curatorial RemarksThe piece was removed from the N. C. Wyeth studio in September 1995. In January 2008, Andrew Wyeth examined it and confirmed the attribution to N. C. Wyeth. The same profile appears on NCW 2560 (96.1.120), a sheet of studies signed by N. C. Wyeth.