Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Take Me Back--Inside," Alice Said to the Man Who Had Her in His Arms. "I Feel Cold Here."
Alternate Title(s):"Take Me Back--Inside, "Alice Said. "I Feel Cold Here."
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1908
Dimensions:
32 × 32 in. (81.3 × 81.3 cm)
Collection of Bill Gillies, Dallas, Texas
Accession number: SUPP2000.1185
Research Number: NCW: 1185
InscribedAlong right side: N. C. WYETH / 08
ProvenanceMr. Alexander Wypyszinski, Philadelphia, PA, by 1971; (?); (Lums Antiques, Chestnut Hill, PA, to ca. 1985)
References
Hamiln Garland, They of the High Trails (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1916), frontispiece illustration, as "Take Me Back--Inside, "Alice Said. "I Feel Cold Here."; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 261; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.216, p. 177
Curatorial RemarksThe illustration in the Harper & Brothers edition is unattributed to the artist, but the quality of the reproduction would have made this omission acceptable.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brad Flowers, 6/8/2006