Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
I jumped down into the stream and caught her in my arms as she was losing her hold
Alternate Title(s):"Don't let me fall," she begged
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1921
Dimensions:
40 3/8 × 30 1/4 in. (102.6 × 76.8 cm)
Bill and Robin Weiss
Accession number: SUPP2000.284
Research Number: NCW: 284
InscribedUpper left: N. C. WYETH (underlined); on stretcher, in Carolyn Wyeth's hand: PAINTED BY N. C. WYETH / OWNED BY MISS CAROLYN WYETH / ILLUSTRATION FROM "VANDERMARK'S FOLLY" / BY HERBERT QUICK; on stretcher, in Andrew Wyeth's hand: The lady / in this painting is / my mother / Andy Wyeth; also written on stretcher, printer's instructions
ProvenanceThe artist; Wyeth family to 1972; Private collection, Greenwich, CT, 1972-1995; (Hammer Galleries, New York, NY, 1996); (Barney Wyckoff Fine Art, Aspen, CO, 1996)
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, 1995, no. 21, exhibition brochure illustration in color on cover; Greenville, DE, 1995, exhibition brochure illustration in color, no numbers
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 69; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 262; John Chambless, "N. C. Wyeth / New exhibit looks at rarely seen works," Daily Local News (West Chester, PA), Oct. 20, 1995, illustation in color, p. 1, section D; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.883, p. 430
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Bill and Robin Weiss