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Lot 95
  • 95

Norman Rockwell 1894-1978

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • Boy on Highdive

  • inscribed Dear Bob Savage/This is a sketch of/my son Peter for a Post cover some/fifteen years ago./You know it's/Peter, our sculpture./Cordially,/Norman Rockwell, l.r.

  • charcoal on paper

  • 15 by 19 in.
  • (38.1 by 48.3 cm)
  • Executed in 1947.

Provenance

Circle Gallery, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
Acquired by the present owners from the above, 1974

Catalogue Note

The present work is a study for Norman Rockwell's August 16, 1947 cover for the Saturday Evening Post.