Science brings NC Wyeth painting out of hiding

PHILADELPHIA—Just beneath the surface of a painting of one of America's best known artistic families lies a dark tale that had been hidden for decades. Thanks to a colossal X-ray machine, a magazine illustration by N.C. Wyeth has been reproduced in living color more than 80 years after the artist covered it with another work. "It's really an exciting development in the study of objects of art," said Jennifer Mass, a scientist and art conservator at the Winterthur museum in Delaware. She an

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