Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Dan'l Boon - The Home Seeker - Cumberland Valley, composition drawing
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: ca. 1937
Dimensions:
38 × 51 1/4 in. (96.5 × 130.2 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.553
Research Number: NCW: 2048
InscribedLower right, N. C. Wyeth; Below image, center (probably not in NCW's hand) THE PIONEERS; along edge at lower right: DAN'L BOONE - THE HOME SEEKER - CUMBERLAND VALLEY; on verso in ink in NCW's hand: Woodward and Tieman Co. / 1440 Broadway at 40th St. / Mr. Smith
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.168) made from the drawing and used in the transfer of the design from paper to canvas (NCW 2114).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork