Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Life itself is only a vision, a dream"
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1916
Dimensions:
41 1/2 × 32 in. (105.4 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.393
Research Number: NCW: 393
InscribedLower right: N C WYETH
ProvenanceThe artist; Private collection and descended in family
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 201, 260; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.641, p. 335
Curatorial Remarks"I spent some of the time in the [New York Public] library looking up medieval data concerning my forthcoming books...." (NCW to ANW, 2/26/1916, WFA).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Digital photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Mike Smith, 6/2006