Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Mississippi Steamboat
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Date: 1944
Dimensions:
24 × 31 in. (61 × 78.7 cm)
New York Life Insurance Company
Used with permission
Accession number: SUPP2000.2118
Research Number: NCW: 2118
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 292; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.181, p. 697
Curatorial RemarksA charcoal composition drawing (NCW 1502) is privately owned and the Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.170) made from a composition drawing and used in the transfer of the design from paper to painting support.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Jeffrey Sturges, 1/2007