Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Benjamin Franklin
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: SUPP2000.839
Research Number: NCW: 839
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label, no. 706, 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N. C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1939 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum); Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 156, 291; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.126, p. 679
Curatorial RemarksAccording to Wyeth's notes for his 1939 income taxes (Brandywine River Museum library), the artist spent $18.00 for costume rental in preparation for this painting. The Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.158) of the composition drawing used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Iowa State University Photo Service, 12/2000