Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
From his father Charles August learned one golden truth--no degree of adversity can conquer the unconquerable
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1931
Dimensions:
25 1/8 × 37 1/8 in. (63.8 × 94.3 cm)
Collection of the University of Maine Museum of Art, 1988
Gift of Douglas and Barbara Wyeth Wishart, Class of 1938
Accession number: SUPP2000.1180
Research Number: NCW: 1180
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH; on top stretcher member (all in pencil), left: 3714 / 2 colors (illegible); center: 9 1/4"; right: aug Mc Call Pg 14 2 color facsimile; on bottom stretcher member (in pencil); 25 1/8 x 37 1/8 / 03595 6304 - 1 1/2 md gray
ProvenanceThe artist; gift to Barbara Wyeth Wishart (daughter of Edwin Wyeth) and Douglas Wishart, ca. 1940 as wedding present
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 265; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1176, p. 538, 539
Curatorial RemarksThe paintings for this story are dated by a group of photographs of Lindbergh family members sent to N. C. Wyeth as reference material, all inscribed on the reverse: THIS PRINT MADE FOR / McCall's / APRIL 21, 1931 (Wyeth Family Archives).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Michael C. York, Bylytic, Inc., 3/16/2006