Artist:
Anna B. McCoy
(American, b. 1940)
Sitter:
Isabelle Reilly
Portrait of Isabelle Reilly
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Date: ca. 1990
Dimensions:
16 × 22 1/4 in. (40.6 × 56.5 cm)
Accession number: 2021.13
Copyright: © Anna B, McCoy
Label Copy:
Anna B. McCoy is the elder daughter of John W. McCoy and Ann Wyeth McCoy, and granddaughter of N. C. Wyeth. She studied art with her aunt Carolyn Wyeth as well as at Bennett College. Her portrait of Isabelle Reilly, a local resident and a long-time volunteer at the Brandywine Museum of Art, captures the transitory effects of light on the sitter’s detailed features and hair, while most of the rest of the composition is left unfinished. McCoy combines watercolor and pencil to create an intimate, informal portrait, communicating a sense of the sitter’s intelligence and warmth.