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I step nearer and see a pistol under the seat and another pistol alongside him. I have a nidea o' grabing one o' them.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

I step nearer and see a pistol under the seat and another pistol alongside him. I have a nidea o' grabing one o' them.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
25 × 34 in. (63.5 × 86.4 cm)
Catherine O'Connor, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Accession number: SUPP2000.1395
Research Number: NCW: 1395
InscribedLower left: WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to at least 1969; (?); Private collection, Beverly Hills, CA, to ca. 1975
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 256; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.771, p. 392
Curatorial RemarksThe painting was photographed in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Sean Pathasema, 8/2005