Back and forth across it we went, twisting, straining, holding our strength, each striving to break the grip of the other's fingers on his wrist. I felt his breath upon my face, saw his cold eyes like blue fire burning me.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: ca. 1914

Dimensions:

30 1/8 × 40 in. (76.5 × 101.6 cm)

Private collection, Winston-Salem, NC

Accession number: SUPP2000.678

Research Number: NCW: 678

InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); small yellow label on reverse, missing pieces: VIRTUE NEILS HAN / N YETH / M 22

ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth; descended in Wyeth family to 1991; Private collection, NC; (Philadelphia, PA, Freeman's, Dec. 9, 2018, lot no. 94)

References Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 49; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 255; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.548, p. 299;

Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting

Photo Credit:WFUSM Photography, 1/2005

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Back and forth across it we went, twisting, straining, holding our strength, each striving to break the grip of the other's fingers on his wrist. I felt his breath upon my face, saw his cold eyes like blue fire burning me.

N.C. Wyeth

Back and forth across it we went, twisting, straining, holding our strength, each striving to break the grip of the other's fingers on his wrist. I felt his breath upon my face, saw his cold eyes like blue fire burning me.