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The Lovers Heyward and Alice took their way together towards the distant village of the Delawares

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Lovers
Heyward and Alice took their way together towards the distant village of the Delawares

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1919
Dimensions:
40 1/8 × 32 1/16 in. (101.9 × 81.4 cm)

Brandywine Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Russell G. Colt, 1986

Accession number: 86.7.3
Research Number: NCW: 191
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on reverse, removed by conservator and encased in plastic, remnants of Scribner's label
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY; (Scribner's Retail Dept.); Russell G. Colt, New York, NY; Mrs. Russell G. Colt, to 1986
Exhibition HistoryLubbock, TX, 1999
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p.202; Brandywine River Museum, Catalogue of the Collection, 1969-1989 (Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1991), p. 210; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.760, p. 388
Curatorial RemarksIn preparation for this commission, the artist read and marked an edition published by A. L. Burt (Brandywine River Museum, NCWS.95.4334).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 2000