Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
The Story of Coffee
Medium: Oil on hardboard (Renaissance Panel)
Date: 1940
Dimensions:
26 3/4 × 25 in. (67.9 × 63.5 cm)
Collection of Ronald R. Randall
Accession number: SUPP2000.825
Research Number: NCW: 825
InscribedLower right: N. C. WYETH (underlined); adhered to reverse, Renaissance Panel label
ProvenanceJohn Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, IA; gift to The University of South Dakota, 1941; (Frank E. Fowler, Lookout Mountain, TN); Robert and Carole Findlay, 1984-2003; Private collection, CA, 2003-2016; (Reno, Nevada, Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, July 23, 2016, lot no. 169);
References
N. C. Wyeth, Income tax notes for 1940 (unpublished, Brandywine River Museum library); Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), ps. 156, 291; Milo Dailey, "Given to University by John Morrell & Co. Collection of N. C. Wyeth Paintings Hanging in USD School of Business" Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, Sept. 13, 1972, p. 19; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.135, p. 682, 683
Curatorial RemarksNCW 2016 is a composition drawing in a private collection. The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.150) of the composition drawing that was used in the transfer of the design from paper to panel.
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:transparencey directly from artwork
Photo Credit:Courtesy of Ronald R. Randall