Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the winter image of a 1951 Brown & Bigelow "Four Seasons" calendar.
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Study for 'Four Sporting Boys: Basketball'
Details
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Study for 'Four Sporting Boys: Basketball'
signed and inscribed 'my best wishes/to my good friend/Hugo Mugnaini,/sincerely/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
oil and pencil on canvas
20 1/8 x 16 in. (51.1 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1951.
Study for 'Four Sporting Boys: Basketball'
signed and inscribed 'my best wishes/to my good friend/Hugo Mugnaini,/sincerely/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
oil and pencil on canvas
20 1/8 x 16 in. (51.1 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1951.
Provenance
The artist.
Hugo Mugnaini, Los Angeles, California, gift from the above.
S&D, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 2005.
Hugo Mugnaini, Los Angeles, California, gift from the above.
S&D, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 2005.
Literature
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, p. 309, no. A124A.