Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Chemistry
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Date: 1938
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by photograph only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1729
Research Number: NCW: 1729
Inscribedabove image: 1939; below image: CHEMISTRY; below space left for calendar block: HERCULES POWDER COMPANY
ProvenanceKnown by photography only
Curatorial RemarksThis drawing is known only by a lantern slide (Brandywine River Museum, NCWS.95.1825.175). The drawing relates to NCW 2332 and provides the title authority, date and purpose for the panel painting. A letter (NCW to Carolyn Bockius Wyeth, June 26, 1938, Wyeth Family Archives) makes it clear that this concept was rejected by the Hercules art department and no sale price is listed in the 1939 income tax notes. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth collection includes a study drawing of a hand holding a test tube (NCW 2284) which may be related.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:image from lantern slide, BRM library