Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Puritan Corn Husker, composition drawing including architectural details
Medium: Charcoal and graphite on paper
Date: 1945
Dimensions:
36 1/2 × 56 3/4 in. (92.7 × 144.1 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.527
Research Number: NCW: 2064
InscribedLined and numbered for slides; inscriptions top center: "10 slides"; lower right: "Add to this [illegible] / PANEL 302; lower center: [diagram with numbers].
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe drawing is lined and numbered for photography, which would have resulted in lantern slides which Wyeth used in the process of transfering the design from paper to canvas. The slides for this particular image, however, were not located in the artist's studio. A comparison between the composition drawing and the present appearance of the mural (see NCW 437) indicates the extent of painted surface added during the conservation campaign of the mid 1980s when the mural was removed from its original site.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer