Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The girl watched her lover a little anxiously because he was moody. The visitor ate with his eyes down.
Medium: Oil on canvas adhered to hardboard
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
23 3/4 × 27 in. (60.3 × 68.6 cm)
Collection of Fred and Novadean Hogan
Accession number: SUPP2000.352
Research Number: NCW: 352
InscribedUpper right: N C WYETH
Provenance(Blue Door Art Gallery, Taos, NM, 1959)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 266; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.652, p. 341
Curatorial RemarksIn a letter to his mother dated 4/21/1916, Wyeth mentioned that he had two paintings to do for McClures. These would have been this illustration, and the one for the July issue (NCW 353), the last two Wyeth did for the magazine. Given printing and distribution times, Wyeth was working very close to deadline.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Daniel Barsotti, 1/2005