Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
'Lyovac' Normal Human Plasma / First in War
Date: ca. 1944
Dimensions:
dimensions unavailable
Location unknown
Use courtesy of Archives, Merck & Co., Inc.
Accession number: SUPP2000.1870
Research Number: NCW: 1870
InscribedBelow image at center: N. C. W. (underlined)
References
Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.184, p. 698, 699
Curatorial RemarksAllen and Allen notes this work was done for E. R. Squibb & Company, however, the artist's correspondence (NCW to Andrew Wyeth, Feb. 9, 1944, Wyeth Family Archives) and correspondence between James P. Simpson and Squibb (Brandywine River Museum library) make it clear that the work promoted a Sharp & Dohme product. The Brandywine River Museum holds a lantern slide (NCWS.95.1825.204) of the composition drawing that was used in the transfer of the image from paper to panel, and a poster mounted on cardboard (25 5/8 x 16 in.) with text: Sharp & Dohme / 'Lyovac' Normal Human Plasma / First in War...(BRM library, # 8956).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency from painting
Photo Credit:(Brandywine River Museum curatorial files)