Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Here I am, the richest man in all America, if not in the world."
Medium: Possibly charcoal or graphite and wash on paper
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1971
Research Number: NCW: 1971
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 274; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.117, p. 137
Curatorial RemarksScribner's records list the medium of this work as "wash". The price was $85.00 which would indicate that this was a drawing, probably on paper with ink wash (Brandywine River Museum library, Scribner's archives, #23199).
"Wilmington Artists in the March Magazines" (unknown newspaper, Wilmington, DE, March 1906; BRMA NCW collection) "Wyeth is represented sufficiently this month to assure his popularity and warrant the establishment of a reputation had that not been achieved some time ago..."A Brother to Diogenes," Thomas Nelson Page’s story in Scribner’s, is also illustrated by Wyeth.
"Wilmington Artists in the March Magazines" (unknown newspaper, Wilmington, DE, March 1906; BRMA NCW collection) "Wyeth is represented sufficiently this month to assure his popularity and warrant the establishment of a reputation had that not been achieved some time ago..."A Brother to Diogenes," Thomas Nelson Page’s story in Scribner’s, is also illustrated by Wyeth.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography from print source (Brandywine River Museum library, tear sheet)
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer