Artist:
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
"Have a Coke" (advertisement for Coca-Cola)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1944
Dimensions:
20 3/4 × 33 3/4 in. (52.7 × 85.7 cm)
The Coca-Cola Company Archives
Used by permission, Courtesy of The Coca-Cola Company Archives
Accession number: SUPP2000.722
Research Number: NCW: 722
InscribedLower left: N. C. WYETH (underlined)
References
Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), p. 294; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), C.179, p. 697
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds lantern slides (NCWS.95.1825.217 and NCWS.95.1825.218) of the preparatory drawing for this image and the Delaware Art Museum holds a color proof of the image dated "July 1944" (James P. Simpson Collection).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Photograph directly from painting
Photo Credit:Photo supplied by The Coca-Cola Company Archives, 12/2/1992