Prince Lermontor fired at Peter Smith; Kilmair, directly behind, could not use his revolver. Elfrida Carlingford sprang up, but realized her powerlessness to help.

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Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Prince Lermontor fired at Peter Smith; Kilmair, directly behind, could not use his revolver. Elfrida Carlingford sprang up, but realized her powerlessness to help.

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1919

Dimensions:

28 × 40 in. (71.1 × 101.6 cm)

Wall Drug Collection, Wall, South Dakota

Accession number: SUPP2000.1645

Research Number: NCW: 1645

InscribedLower right: WYETH (underlined) / 19; written on reverse of canvas: The Devil's Whisper / Convers Wyeth / pub. Dec 13 / 1919

Provenance(?); Private collection, El Cerrito, CA, to 2005; (Sotheby's, New York, NY, May 18, 2005, lot no. 188); (Illustration House, New York, NY, Dec. 3, 2005, lot no. 84)

References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 257; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.781, p. 394

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital image directly from painting

Photo Credit:Courtesy Steven Leone, 6/2004

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Prince Lermontor fired at Peter Smith; Kilmair, directly behind, could not use his revolver. Elfrida Carlingford sprang up, but realized her powerlessness to help.

N.C. Wyeth

Prince Lermontor fired at Peter Smith; Kilmair, directly behind, could not use his revolver. Elfrida Carlingford sprang up, but realized her powerlessness to help.