Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Michael Strogoff went forward and took her hand.
Alternate Title(s):Portrait of Ann as Nadia
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (102.2 × 76.8 cm)
Collection of Joel and Suzanne Sugg
Accession number: SUPP2000.150
Research Number: NCW: 150
InscribedLower right: WYETH (underlined); On reverse of canvas: ANN / FROM / HER / FATHER / OCT. 13, 1928.; adhered to canvas, Scribner's label: Michael Strogoff Illustration by Wyeth / Michael Strogoff went forward and took her hand pg. 90
ProvenanceThe artist to Ann Wyeth McCoy, 1928; descended in family; (Somerville Manning Gallery, Oct. 1993)
Exhibition HistoryLubbock, TX, 1999
References
Richard Layton, "Inventory of Paintings in the Wyeth Studio, 1950," unpublished, Wyeth Family Archives, p. 7; Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 222; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1045, p. 495
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds the edition of Michael Strogoff that the artist read in preparation for this commission (NCWS.95.150). Ann Wyeth posed for the figure of Nadia.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum photography files