Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"I sat there in the sun, drifting with the wind, and held her in my arms till she died."
Alternate Title(s):Adrift
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1919
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 32 3/4 in. (102.2 × 83.2 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.647
Research Number: NCW: 647
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); attached to stretcher, two labels: PICTURE 2272, and FRAME 2272
ProvenanceBen Ames Williams; descended in family; (Sotheby, Parke Bernet, New York, NY, Dec. 12, 1974, lot no. 111); Private collection, Greenville, DE; descended in family to 1995
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 258; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.786, p. 395
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 3/2005