untitled (squinting Indian)

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

untitled (squinting Indian)

Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: 1904
Dimensions:
11 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (28.6 × 21.6 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.60
Research Number: NCW: 60
Inscribedverso: drawing of cowboy in chaps
ProvenanceThe artist; descended in family
Exhibition HistoryRockland, ME, 1966, no. 2, illustration in catalogue (unpaginated)
References Henry C. Pitz, "N. C. Wyeth," American Heritage, vol. XVI, no. 6 (Oct. 1965), illustration p. 47
Curatorial RemarksIn a letter to his parents dated November 3, 1904, Wyeth wrote from Canon Gallegos, NM, "I have had very little time to sketch although I have made 8 or 10 Indian heads in pencil and a couple in color." (Chadds Ford, PA, 1990(2), p. 60)
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from drawing