Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
She leaned toward him with eyes shining more brightly than the moonlight in the wake of their canoe. "Oh, you're splendid."
Alternate Title(s):With eyes shining she leaned toward him
Medium: Oil on cavas adhered to hardboard
Date: 1911
Dimensions:
25 × 34 in. (63.5 × 86.4 cm)
Collection Dr. Robert Powers, Denver
Accession number: SUPP2000.1408
Research Number: NCW: 1408
InscribedUpper right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); written on reverse of support: 28809 / N. C. Wyeth (underlined) / Allemande Left! - Dec. 1911 / "She leaned toward him" - p. 731; two additional illegible inscriptions
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; (?); (Sotheby's, New York, NY, Dec. 8, 1983, lot no. 294)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 275; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.366, p. 237
Curatorial RemarksAn annotated card in the Scribner's Archives (#28809, Brandywine River Museum library), indicates that this painting was the property of Scribner's and was for sale at the price of $150. Author Mary Synon was particularly pleased with the illustrations for this story, citing Wyeth's "sympathetic understanding of the North Country people" (Mary Synon to NCW, Jan. 24, 1912, Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:1. Digital photography directly from painting; 2. detail of reverse of panel
Photo Credit:1. William J. O'Connor, 6/2006; Hays Shoop, 6/2007