Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
America's First Standing Army, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: ca. 1942
Dimensions:
38 3/4 × 35 in. (98.4 × 88.9 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.515
Research Number: NCW: 2082
InscribedVerso, two stickers adhered to paper with N. C. Wyeth's handwriting: TO BE CALLED / FOR BY / SANBORN'S STUDIO; From / N. C. WYETH / Chadds Ford / Pa.
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.137) made from the drawing and used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 551). The artist made changes in the left background of the finished painting.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer