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Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Then he looked in her face, playing softer and softer
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1913
Dimensions:
47 5/16 × 38 1/8 in. (120.2 × 96.8 cm)
Brandywine River Museum of Art, Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Accession number: 96.1.8
Research Number: NCW: 949
InscribedLower right: N C WYETH (underlined) / 1913; on reverse, on canvas (folded-over edge): #1- WAR
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950, " unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 70; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 210; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.480, p. 278
Curatorial RemarksThe publisher, Bobbs-Merrill, suggested Wyeth's name to John Luther Long; the letter and Long's agreement are part of the Bobbs-Merrill archives held by the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. In the John Luther Long collection at the Harry Ransom Center, Universtiy of Texas at Austin, there is no archival material that suggests Wyeth and Long corresponded about the illustrations.
The set of illustrations for "War" was painted in the "Tank House studio" on the Wyeth property in Needham during the winter of 1912-1913 (NCW to HZW, May 15, 1914, Wyeth Family Archives).
The set of illustrations for "War" was painted in the "Tank House studio" on the Wyeth property in Needham during the winter of 1912-1913 (NCW to HZW, May 15, 1914, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting