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Newell Convers WyethThe Opium Smoker; The Opium Eater1913
1913
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The Opium Smoker; The Opium Eater by N.C. Wyeth was created in 1913. The painting is signed upper right. Dedication lower left that reads "To Swayne / From N (illegible - probably "CW")" The painting has been cleaned and is housed in a new 24 karat gold leaf, hand carved frame. The size of the painting with frame is 39" x 51".
Exhibition History: Philadelphia, PA, 1914, no. 1040, as "Opium Smoker"
Chadds Ford, PA, 1972, no. 84, as "The Opium Eater"
Frequent display through the years at Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA
This painting was an illustration entitled "A Modern Opium Eater: A Newspaper Man's Story of His Own Experience with the Drug" in The American Magazine, vol. LXXVII, no. 6 (June 1914).
In a letter to Stimson Wyeth, the artist described his visit to an opium den where "The wickidness of life was at its flood revealing the most loathsome conditions animal life can stoop to".
- Creator:Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945, American)
- Creation Year:1913
- Dimensions:Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 44.125 in (112.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Greenville, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1288210855102
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