Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Covered Wagons
Medium: Oil on harboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1938 / 1939
Dimensions:
26 1/8 × 24 1/2 in. (66.4 × 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: SUPP2000.845
Research Number: NCW: 845
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label, no. 714, dated 8/11/38
ProvenanceJohn Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, IA, to 1940
Exhibition HistoryOttumwa, IA, 1940; 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N. C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1939 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum library); Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 156, 291; Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth (New York: Brompton Books Corp., Crescent Books, 1992), color illustration p. 42; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.130, p. 681
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Wyeth's income tax notes for 1939 (Brandywine River Museum Library), expenses for this painting included research trips to Wilmington, Philadelphia and Harrisburg. The trip to Harrisburg was probably to visit H. C. Frey, one of the collaborative authors of "Conestoga, Six-Horse Bell Teams, 1750-1850" privately published by John Omwake in 1930. A copy of this book, inscribed "N. C. Wyeth" was found in John McCoy's studio (BRM library # 36142.423).
The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.161) of the composition drawing used in the transfer of the image from paper to panel; the composition drawing itself (NCW 2457) is privately owned. The museum holds a color proof (NCWS.95.6549) of the image that from evidence of adhesive spots on the reverse probably was mounted like NCWS.95.6554 or NCWS.95.6562, bearing a stamp by Niagara Litho. Co.
The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.161) of the composition drawing used in the transfer of the image from paper to panel; the composition drawing itself (NCW 2457) is privately owned. The museum holds a color proof (NCWS.95.6549) of the image that from evidence of adhesive spots on the reverse probably was mounted like NCWS.95.6554 or NCWS.95.6562, bearing a stamp by Niagara Litho. Co.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Iowa State University Photo Service, 11/2000