Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Thomas Jefferson
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1938 / 1939
Dimensions:
26 1/2 × 24 1/2 in. (67.3 × 62.2 cm)
Gift of John Morrell & Company. In the permanent collection,
University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Image © University Museums, Iowa State University, 2006
http://www.museums.iastate.edu
Accession number: SUPP2000.279
Research Number: NCW: 279
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH; adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label, no.711, dated 8/11/38
ProvenanceJohn Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, IA, to 1940
Exhibition HistoryOttumwa, IA, 1940; Chadds Ford, PA, 1976(2); Ames, IA, Brunnier Art Museum, "N. C. Wyeth: America in the Making," Nov. 2, 2010-May 8, 2011;
References
N. C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1939 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum); Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 156, 291; Tom Brokaw, et. al., One Nation Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N. C. Wyeth and James Wyeth (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2000), color illustration, fig. 5 on p. 6; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.128, p. 680
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Wyeth's income tax notes for 1939 (library, Brandywine River Museum), expenses for this painting included the costume rental ($5.00) and a research trip to the Philadelphia Historical Society ($10.00). A figure study exists (NCW1161), and the Andrew and Betsy Wyeth collection includes a hand study (NCW 2246.1) that BJW has related to this commission; the Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.160) that was used in the transfer from drawing to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Iowa State University Photo Service