Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Mr. Alcott in the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, composition drawing
Medium: Graphite on paper
Date: ca. 1936
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 x 9 in. (33.0 x 22.9 cm)
The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1867
Research Number: NCW: 1867
Inscribednone visible (framed as of 9/1995)
ProvenanceMrs. N. C. Wyeth
Exhibition HistoryChadds Ford, PA, 1967; Chadds Ford, PA, 1969; Concord, MA, Concord Museum, N. C. Wyeth's Men of Concord, April 15 - September 18, 2016, ps.58;
Curatorial RemarksThe piece was unframed and treated by conservator Nina Rayer in 2015. An early composition sketch for the image, showing the form of the kneeling figure and the outline of gravestones, was found on the backing board, a 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch piece of cardboard (Wyeth Family Archives).
The Brandywine River Museum of Art holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.101) used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 1339). For the source of gravestone in the foreground of the image, see entry for NCW 1339.
Archival photographs (Brandywine Conservancy / Early History / Box # ) show the drawing on display during Chadds Ford, PA, 1969.
The Brandywine River Museum of Art holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.101) used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel (NCW 1339). For the source of gravestone in the foreground of the image, see entry for NCW 1339.
Archival photographs (Brandywine Conservancy / Early History / Box # ) show the drawing on display during Chadds Ford, PA, 1969.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. b/w photography directly from artwork; 2. Drawing displayed during Chadds Ford, PA, 1969.
Photo Credit:1. Rick Echelmeyer; 2. photographer unknown