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"Hands Up!"
"Hands Up!"
"Hands Up!"
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Hands Up!"

Alternate Title(s)
  • Holdup in the Canyon
Oil on canvas
1906
43 × 30 in. (109.2 × 76.2 cm)
SUPP2000.105
Private collection
Not on view
"Up with your hands or we'll make this a shambles, now that we've started."
"Up with your hands or we'll make this a shambles, now that we've started."
N.C. Wyeth
1913
Untitled (study of a figure with his hands up; hand holding a pistol)
Untitled (study of a figure with his hands up; hand holding a pistol)
N.C. Wyeth
date not known
It showed me Hands and his companion locked together in deadly wrestle
It showed me Hands and his companion locked together in deadly wrestle
N.C. Wyeth
1911
The boy, Moses, clad in princely garments, witnessed the bitter suffering of his people at the hands of the Egyptian taskmasters. As he grew in years he became increasingly conscious of his kinship with the oppressed and exploited workers
The boy, Moses, clad in princely garments, witnessed the bitter suffering of his people at the hands of the Egyptian taskmasters. As he grew in years he became increasingly conscious of his kinship with the oppressed and exploited workers
N.C. Wyeth
1928
She was as slim as a boy, and danced with a lightness and suppleness of body and arms and hands unlike anything I have ever seen
She was as slim as a boy, and danced with a lightness and suppleness of body and arms and hands unlike anything I have ever seen
N.C. Wyeth
1923
The last morning Rowena came to my fire and, snatching the spider from me, took the job off my hands, baking the cakes while I ate
The last morning Rowena came to my fire and, snatching the spider from me, took the job off my hands, baking the cakes while I ate
N.C. Wyeth
1921
Again, at the mouth of the shaft, they shook hands in congratulation.
Again, at the mouth of the shaft, they shook hands in congratulation.
N.C. Wyeth
1913
"--and no sooner had he the arms in his hands but, as if they had put new vigor into him, he flew upon his murderers like a fury"
"--and no sooner had he the arms in his hands but, as if they had put new vigor into him, he flew upon his murderers like a fury"
N.C. Wyeth
1920
As I turned I saw her kneeling there, her hair all about her face, with her hands stretched out to me: and then I walked blindly away into the long grass of the marsh
As I turned I saw her kneeling there, her hair all about her face, with her hands stretched out to me: and then I walked blindly away into the long grass of the marsh
N.C. Wyeth
1921
"One more step, Mr. Hands," said I, "and I'll blow your brains out"
"One more step, Mr. Hands," said I, "and I'll blow your brains out"
N.C. Wyeth
1911
The Brushwood Folk and the Castle of Villefranche High and strong the chateau, lowly and weak the brushwood hut, but God help the seigneur and his lady when the men of the brushwood set their hands to the work of revenge!
The Brushwood Folk and the Castle of Villefranche High and strong the chateau, lowly and weak the brushwood hut, but God help the seigneur and his lady when the men of the brushwood set their hands to the work of revenge!
N.C. Wyeth
1922
"An' the bridal couple'd be holdin' hands an' gazin' over the spanker-boom at the full moon."
"An' the bridal couple'd be holdin' hands an' gazin' over the spanker-boom at the full moon."
N.C. Wyeth
1915