untitled (illustration for The Peach-Brandy Leg), composition drawing

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

untitled (illustration for The Peach-Brandy Leg), composition drawing

Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: 1945
Dimensions:
17 1/4 × 13 in. (43.8 × 33 cm)

Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996

Accession number: 96.1.550
Research Number: NCW: 2081
InscribedVerso: rough sketch of same scene
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, Brandywine River Museum, "Romance in Conflict, N. C. Wyeth's Civil War Paintings," Jan. 22-March 20, 2011
Curatorial RemarksThe sheet is constructed of two pieces, with a piece approximately 3 inches high added to the top of the picture. It seems likely that the additional area of sky and the tops of the smoke stacks were not part of the original design. NCW 1265 is the completed oil on panel painting.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer