Would the clock never strike? Nerves were snapping, but faces gave no hint of it.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Would the clock never strike? Nerves were snapping, but faces gave no hint of it.

Alternate Title(s):Duel Across a Table
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
32 3/8 × 40 1/4 in. (82.2 × 102.2 cm)
Private collection, ME
Accession number: SUPP2000.1015
Research Number: NCW: 1015
Provenanceby early 1960s, John Hall, West Chester, PA; Ronald W. Hayes, West Chester, PA, circa 1971-1980; (Vose Galleries, Boston, MA, 1980-1984)
Exhibition HistoryPortland, ME, 2000, no numbers, p. 57
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N.C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 262, as "Duel Across a Table"; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.929, p. 446; Joe Lawlor, "The Mystery of the Stolen Wyeths," Portland Press Herald, July 15, 2015, illus. in color, p.4;
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency
Photo Credit:Dennis Griggs, 10/2000