Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
So Hate That is Brother to Death Was in the Heart of Craftainy the Harper for Cormac Conloingias.
Alternate Title(s):The Lovers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1919
Dimensions:
22 1/2 × 52 in. (57.2 × 132.1 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.917
Research Number: NCW: 917
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; Carolyn Wyeth to at least 1969; (?); (Fenn Galleries, Ltd., Santa Fe, NM, 1981); Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beard, III; (Frank E. Fowler, 1991); Private Collection, Greensboro, NC to 2006; Private collection, 2006-2016; (Bonhams, New York, NY, May 18, 2016, lot no. );
Exhibition HistoryMemphis, TN, 1983, catalogue no. 36, p. 96 as "The Lovers," color illustraion p. 81, also see p. 43
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p.257; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.783, p. 395
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:Digital photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:C. Timothy Barkley, 8/2006