Name/Title
Natalie Coe VitettiEntry/Object ID
1993.010.001Description
Painted half portrait of Natalie Coe Vitetti as a middle aged woman. She wears a black sleeveless dress, with a sheer, light pink, blue and yellow wrap falling around her arms and lap. Her gray hair is pulled up in two small chignons on either side of her head and she wears small, dangling green earrings, a double stranded pearl necklace, and bright red lipstick. She is seated in front of a dark abstract background.
Joanna Badami Appraisal Description 11.23.2008
Countess Natalie Coe Vitetti by Giovanni Romagnoli, Italian, (1893 - 1976)
A mid 20th Century oil-on-canvas, showing Countess Vitetti, c.1956, three-quarter length, seated, wearing black gown, pearls and other jewelry, with rasberry silk gauze shawl, framed in black painted and gilt wood frame, 3" molding.
Provenance: Count Ernesto Vitetti, the Countess' son, 1993.Artwork Details
Medium
Painting: Oil on canvas, Oil on CanvasCollection
Planting Fields FoundationCataloged By
CannarsaAcquisition
Accession
1993.010.001Source or Donor
Vitetti, ErnestoAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Date made
circa 1956Notes
Made: G. RomagnoliLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLocation
Location
Room
Robert's BedroomBuilding
Coe HallMoved By
Marshall Fine ArtDate
January 17, 2025Notes
Soft packed and stored in exhibit space.Location
Wall
West WallRoom
Great HallBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentDate
August 16, 2023Inventory
Inventory Project
INV2024.1Inventoried By
Amanda MassimillioInventoried Date
Jun 26, 2024Inventoried By
LegerInventoried Date
May 9, 2023Condition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
Joyce Zucker in 1996 noted the painting shows planar deformation. There are two bulges in Natalie's chest and a depressed area in the upper left quadrant. There are severe draws from the top corners, giving the appearance of sagging from the top edge.Valuations
Valuation Type
AppraisalValue
$9,500.00Estimator
Joanna BadamiDate
Nov 23, 2008Notes
Min. Value: 0Valuation Type
AppraisalValue
$9,500.00Estimator
Joanna BadamiDate
Nov 23, 2008Notes
Min. Value: 0
Description: Countess Natalie Coe Vitetti by Giovanni Romagnoli, Italian, (1893 - 1976)
A mid 20th Century oil-on-canvas, showing COuntess Vitetti, c.1956, three-quarter length, seated, wearing black gown, pearls and other jewelry, with rasberry silk gauze shawl, framed in black painted and gilt wood frame, 3" molding.
Provenance: Count Ernesto Vitetti, the Countess' son, 1993.
Reason: EvaluationProvenance
Notes
Collected By: Natalie, Coe Vitteti, Ernesto Vitetti
Belonged to the Vitettis, was sent to Planting Fields by Ernesto Vitetti in 1993, after the Foundation asked him for a photograph of the painting.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
November 16, 2006Updated By
Emily LegerUpdate Date
March 31, 2025
