Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the spring image in a 1951 Brown & Bigelow "Four Seasons" calendar (no. A125 in L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986).
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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Choosing Up (Four Sporting Boys: Baseball)--Study
Details
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Choosing Up (Four Sporting Boys: Baseball)--Study
signed and inscribed 'Best wishes to/Paul Helms,/cordially/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
pencil on paper
16 x 13¾ in. (40.6 x 35 cm.), image; 19¼ x 17¾ in. (48.9 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in 1949.
Choosing Up (Four Sporting Boys: Baseball)--Study
signed and inscribed 'Best wishes to/Paul Helms,/cordially/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
pencil on paper
16 x 13¾ in. (40.6 x 35 cm.), image; 19¼ x 17¾ in. (48.9 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed in 1949.
Provenance
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.