Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Breaking the Log Jam, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: ca. 1943
Dimensions:
38 1/4 × 54 in. (97.2 × 137.2 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.506
Research Number: NCW: 2053
InscribedLower left: N. C. W.; on verso, in upper left in NCW's hand: "4 (crossed out) / LOG JAM / Sam Wayne"
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.210) of the drawing used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 516).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer