Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
title unknown (young woman on a sand dune)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: ca. 1933 / 1937
Dimensions:
48 × 38 in. (121.9 × 96.5 cm)
Private collection
Accession number: SUPP2000.790
Research Number: NCW: 790
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH
ProvenancePrivate collection, Gig Harbor, WA, by 1957, and descended in family
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.93, p. 667-668
Curatorial RemarksThis painting was called to the attention of Phillips Auctioneers and Appraisers in 1999. Andrew Wyeth recollected that it may have been done for the Coca-Cola Company and Phillips staff confirmed pentimenti suggesting the girl originally held a Coke bottle instead of a book. There is no recorded use of the image in the Coca-Cola Archives. Dating is based on association with other Coca-Cola pictures, particularly NCW 685, NCW 786 and NCW 515.
Phillips staff also wrote "It has been suggested that the work is a portrait of the artist's daughter Anne (sic)" (Sandra Nessim to CBP, March 3, 1999). In a conversation with Christine Podmaniczky (March 8, 1999), Ann Wyeth McCoy was emphatic that she did not pose for this picture.
Phillips staff also wrote "It has been suggested that the work is a portrait of the artist's daughter Anne (sic)" (Sandra Nessim to CBP, March 3, 1999). In a conversation with Christine Podmaniczky (March 8, 1999), Ann Wyeth McCoy was emphatic that she did not pose for this picture.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:photography directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Phillips, New York, NY; Rick Echelmeyer, digital photography from print, 12/1/2006