From his place at the farther side of the cafe, the shabby stranger looked on with furtive intentness.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

From his place at the farther side of the cafe, the shabby stranger looked on with furtive intentness.

Medium: Wash
Date: 1912
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Destroyed Oct. 27, 1916
Accession number: SUPP2000.1996
Research Number: NCW: 1996
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (boxed, from reproduction)
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, to 1916; destroyed Oct. 27, 1916
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 275
Curatorial RemarksThe Scribner's file card for this image listed the medium as "wash" without noting the support. The sale value was listed at $65 which made it likely it was a work on paper.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital scan from printed image (Brandywine River Museum library)
Photo Credit:BRM staff