Lot 27
  • 27

Norman Rockwell 1894 - 1978

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • Two Old Men and Dog: Swimming Hole
  • signed Norman Rockwell (lower right)
  • oil on board
  • overall: 24 by 20 inches (61 by 50.8 cm)
  • image: 16 1/4 by 15 1/2 inches (40.6 by 39.4 cm)
  • Painted in 1950.

Provenance

Private Collection, Texas, circa 1955
By descent in the family to the present owners

Literature

Mary Moline, Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia: A Chronological Catalog of the Artist's Work 1910-1978, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1979, no. 8-53F, p. 231, illustrated p. 230
Norman Rockwell, Rockwell on Rockwell: How I Make a Picture, New York, 1979, p. 98, illustrated p. 99
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, no. A122, p. 309, illustrated p. 308

Condition

Very good condition. Under UV: no apparent inpainting or restoration. The board has illustrator notes in pencil along the edge of the picture.
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