Lot Essay
The present work is a study for Norman Rockwell's September 24, 1949, cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
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Details
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Before the Date
signed and inscribed 'Best wishes to/Ambrose and Kay/Cordially/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
40 x 19 in. (101.6 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1949.
Before the Date
signed and inscribed 'Best wishes to/Ambrose and Kay/Cordially/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
charcoal on paper
40 x 19 in. (101.6 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1949.
Provenance
The artist.
Private collection, California, gift from the above.
By descent to the present owner.
Private collection, California, gift from the above.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 184-85, no. C450d, illustrated.