"That trip with Charles was one of the happiest times in my whole life. I got acquainted with my boy in those two weeks, as I never knew him before. I found the man in him"

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

"That trip with Charles was one of the happiest times in my whole life. I got acquainted with my boy in those two weeks, as I never knew him before. I found the man in him"

Medium: Oil, canvas
Date: 1931
Dimensions:
30 × 43 in. (76.2 × 109.2 cm)
Private collection, AZ
Accession number: SUPP2000.1846
Research Number: NCW: 1846
InscribedBelow image along right edge: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
Provenance(?); Jean Prentice and Helen Prentice Smith, Demarest, NJ, to 1960; Private collection, NJ, and descended in 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.1178, 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:digital photography directly from art work
Photo Credit:Courtesy of owner, 7/2010