Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Oisin in the land of Youth, composition drawing
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
29 × 20 1/4 in. (73.7 × 51.4 cm)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.539
Research Number: NCW: 2087
Inscribedat center below image: OISIN IN THE LAND OF YOUTH
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; Estate of Carolyn Wyeth
Exhibition HistoryCooperstown, NY, Fenimore Art Museum, "Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies," May 7-September 5, 2022.
References
Victoria Browning Wyeth, Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies (Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2022), p. 56
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.64) made from the drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 1010).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer