Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Partners, untitled headpiece illustration
Alternate Title(s):The Average Cook is a Waster, But the Camp Cook is the King of Wasters
Date: 1907
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1927
Research Number: NCW: 1927
References
"Feeding the Multitude," Saturday Evening Post, vol. 187, no. 31, (Jan. 30, 1915), illus. p. 23, as "The Average Cook is a Waster, But the Camp Cook is the King of Wasters"; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 272; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.190, p. 166
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from print source (Brandywine River Museum library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 10/2004