Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Like that flight to Paris, theirs was a Viking adventure, too
Date: 1931
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
known by reproduction only
Accession number: SUPP2000.1843
Research Number: NCW: 1843
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined, from reproduction)
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.1174, 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 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 from tear sheet, Brandywine River Museum Library
Photo Credit:Rick Echelmeyer, 5/2005