With Eve in London "Well," she said, as if this was the first moment of their meeting, "how have you been, sir?"

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

With Eve in London
"Well," she said, as if this was the first moment of their meeting, "how have you been, sir?"

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
40 × 32 in. (101.6 × 81.3 cm)
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Crain
Accession number: SUPP2000.1277
Research Number: NCW: 1277
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); lower left: TO HELEN CRANE / AND WILLIAM SWIFT RUPERT / from the Wyeth's / 1935; painted on reverse of canvas: Illustration / for / "DRUMS" / by / JAMES / BOYD / PAINTED / by / N. C. WYETH; also painted on reverse of canvas: 49343 / -5 3/8- / 150 Si / .4 Color /
ProvenanceThe artist to 1935; gift to Helen Crane and William Swift Rupert, 1935; probably Helen Crane Rupert, New York, NY, to ca. 1979; (Allen Neville, Wilmington, DE, 1979-1980)
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 199; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1067, p. 503
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds Scribner's unillustrated 1925 edition of Drums which the artist read in preparation for this commission and marked with notes throughout and on the endsheets (NCWS.95.239).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Mike Rippy, 1/2006