Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Seth Parker, composition drawing
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Date: 1934
Dimensions:
42 × 47 1/2 in. (106.7 × 120.7 cm)
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Gift of Carolyn Wyeth
Accession number: SUPP2000.1172
Research Number: NCW: 1172
InscribedNone (family records indicate lower right: SKETCH BY N.C. WYETH)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN, 1976)
Curatorial RemarksAccording to correspondence from Brown & Bigelow, this skech was received in St. Paul by April 5, 1934. Executives felt that the ship could be made larger, and were anxious for Wyeth to complete the commission (Orion Winford, Brown & Bigelow, to NCW, April 5, 1934, Brandywine River Museum library). The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.198) of the drawing and a slide (NCWS.95.1825.199) of a detail of the ship used in the transfer of the design from paper to canvas (NCW 1173). See NCWS.95.22, a booklet found in Wyeth's studio library on the Seth Parker.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from art object
Photo Credit:AIS, Art Image Studio, 5/15/2006