Lot 136
  • 136

Norman Rockwell

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • Woman Relaxing with Tea After Shopping
  • signed Norman Rockwell (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 by 24 inches
  • (61 by 61 cm)
  • Painted in 1958.

Provenance

Commissioned by Brooke Bond Foods Company, 1958
Acquired by the present owner, 1984

Literature

Weekend Magazine, vol. 8, no. 39, 1958, illustrated (as Red Rose Tea advertisment)
Dr. Donald Stoltz, Marshall L. Stoltz and William F. Earle, The Advertising World of Norman Rockwell, New York, 1985, p. 167, illustrated in color
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, vol. I, cat. no. A109, p. 300, illustrated

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good, overall condition Under UV: inpainting to address cracking in white background at upper right, some spots of retouching.
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Catalogue Note

The Brooke Bond Foods Company used this painting as an advertisement for its Red Rose Tea label.