Study for 'Adirondack Winter'

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Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Study for 'Adirondack Winter'
signed 'Norman/Rockwell' (lower left)
oil on photographic paper laid down on paperboard
image, 14 ½ x 14 ¼ in. (36.8 x 36.2 cm.);
sheet, 16 x 14 ¾ in.(40.6 x 37.5 cm.);
board, 18 ¾ x 17 3/4 in. (47.6 x 45 cm.)
Painted in 1968.

Provenance

The artist.
Corporate collection, Midwest, acquired from the above, circa 1968.
Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 1994, lot 218, sold by the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1998, lot 308, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

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Lot Essay

The present work will be included as an addendum work in the Project Norman database created by the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

The present work is a study for Norman Rockwell's painting Adirondack Winter (1968), published as a sporting goods advertisement for ATO, Inc. Laurie Norton Moffatt writes "Five full-color oils were commissioned by ATO around 1970. Each advertised a product manufactured by ATO's subsidiary companies, including sporting goods products, fire protection equipment, and construction equipment." (Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, p. 260)

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