N.C. Wyeth's coloring technique revealed by Cornell's synchrotron as it uncovers eight decades of paint

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CHESS senior research associate Arthur Woll adjusts equipment used for scanning N.C. Wyeths Family Portrait (1924 Brandywine River Museum). Credit: Jason KoskiUniversity Photography
CHESS senior research associate Arthur Woll adjusts equipment used for scanning N.C. Wyeth's "Family Portrait" (1924, Brandywine River Museum). Credit: Jason Koski/University Photography

The pentimento of a flying fist, just visible beneath layers of paint, triggered an investigation of N.C. Wyeth's "Family Portrait" at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. A simple X-ray revealed that a 1919 magazine illustration lurked beneath the 1924 unfinished oil. An early recycler, Wyeth (Andrew's father) routinely painted new works over his illustrations.


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