Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The father kept the children near him, but always young Olaf looked with tragic eyes toward the slope where Padfoot waited.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1923
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Location unknown
Accession number: SUPP2000.1423
Research Number: NCW: 1423
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist; Mrs. N. C. Wyeth, to at least 1969
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 260; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.948, p. 452
Curatorial RemarksThe painting was photographed in 1969, one of approximately 3 dozen paintings from the artist's studio that had been stored unstretched (Brandywine River Museum, catalogue raisonné files).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum catalogue raisonne files