"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1921

Dimensions:

37 × 29 in. (94 × 73.7 cm)

Private collection

Accession number: SUPP2000.1765

Research Number: NCW: 1765

InscribedUpper right: N. C. WYETH; on reverse of canvas: Nicholas Wedder (sic)

ProvenanceThe artist

References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 207; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.850, p. 418

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photography directly from painting

Photo Credit:Courtesy IRS, Art Appraisal Services, 1996

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"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."

N.C. Wyeth

"Here they used to sit in the shade through a long lazy summer's day, talking listlessly over village gossip or telling endless sleepy stories about nothing."