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"Life itself is only a vision, a dream"
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"Life itself is only a vision, a dream"
"Life itself is only a vision, a dream"
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

"Life itself is only a vision, a dream"

Oil on canvas
1916
41 1/2 × 32 in. (105.4 × 81.3 cm)
SUPP2000.393
Private collection
Not on view
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Following the trail itself, Whispering Smith rode slowly.
Following the trail itself, Whispering Smith rode slowly.
N.C. Wyeth
1906
The busy world itself might well hush its noisy activities long enough to hear of it.
The busy world itself might well hush its noisy activities long enough to hear of it.
N.C. Wyeth
1908
Troops by the hundred were passing--tattered, war-hardened, lean, efficient troops, whose road-pace was eagerness itself.
Troops by the hundred were passing--tattered, war-hardened, lean, efficient troops, whose road-pace was eagerness itself.
N.C. Wyeth
1912
The rifle came down through the empty air. Like the wind itself, the silver queen shot into flight.
The rifle came down through the empty air. Like the wind itself, the silver queen shot into flight.
N.C. Wyeth
1916
Vision of New York
Vision of New York
N.C. Wyeth
1926
William Penn, Man of Vision · Courage · Action, presentation painting
William Penn, Man of Vision · Courage · Action, presentation painting
N.C. Wyeth
1932
Wallace's vision
Wallace's vision
N.C. Wyeth
1921
The Pioneer and the Vision
The Pioneer and the Vision
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1918
In Phantom guise my spirit flies / As the dream-blades dip and swing.
In Phantom guise my spirit flies / As the dream-blades dip and swing.
N.C. Wyeth
1908
I could see only his shaggy head, as huge as a beer-kettle.
I could see only his shaggy head, as huge as a beer-kettle.
N.C. Wyeth
1904
How Many Millions One Can Only Guess
How Many Millions One Can Only Guess
N.C. Wyeth
1905
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
For three months he worked as an axeman . . . his only companion a dour Scotchman who never spoke.
N.C. Wyeth
1911

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