Here, in his own element, the message of the trails was strongest. . . . It surged about him.

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

Here, in his own element, the message of the trails was strongest. . . . It surged about him.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1917
Dimensions:
39 7/8 × 32 in. (101.3 × 81.3 cm)
Private collection, Wilmington, DE
Accession number: SUPP2000.768
Research Number: NCW: 768
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
ProvenanceThe artist (returned from Scribner's, March 6, 1918, per Scribner's card file #34428-30); gift to Peter L. Bockius (the artist's brother-in-law)
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 277; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.702, p. 363
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Carson Zullinger, 9/2004