Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
At a bend in the Sauk River, the Lindbergh saga in America began
Alternate Title(s):The Lindbergh Family
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1931
Dimensions:
22 × 42 in. (55.9 × 106.7 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.1064
Research Number: NCW: 1064
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceMcCall's Magazine, New York, NY; Eva Lindbergh Christie, Red Lake Falls and St.Paul, MN, ca. 1932-1985; Private collection, Mora, MN, 1985-1988; (Sotheby's Arcade Auctions, New York, NY, June 24, 1988, lot no. 315, as "The Lindbergh Family")
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 265; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1175, p. 538
Curatorial RemarksAccording to the text, the figures are August Lindbergh, his wife Louise Carline Lindbergh, and their son Charles August (who would grow up to be the father of the aviator). The Wyeth Family Archives include photographs of Lindbergh family members that the artist used as references (all prints dated April 21, 1931).
Eva Lindbergh Christie, half-sister of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, accepted the painting in lieu of payment for her cooperation with the authors of the McCall's article. On page two of the magazine is a short biographical paragraph about N. C. Wyeth.
Eva Lindbergh Christie, half-sister of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, accepted the painting in lieu of payment for her cooperation with the authors of the McCall's article. On page two of the magazine is a short biographical paragraph about N. C. Wyeth.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of private collector