Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
He looked worse than any naked savage, composition drawing
Alternate Title(s):He looked worse than any naked savage, composition drawing
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
25 × 18 7/8 in. (63.5 × 47.9 cm) (sheet irregular)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.549
Research Number: NCW: 2066
Inscribedno marks
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the copy of Pitcairn's Island (NCWS.95.604) that Wyeth read in preparation for the commission, which includes a typed copy of his initial illustrative program for the Bounty trilogy; and a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.114) made from the drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 673).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer