Lot 194
  • 194

Norman Rockwell 1894-1978

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed

Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • Portrait of Nehru
  • signed Norman/Rockwell and inscribed New Delhi, India, l.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 17 3/4 by 20 1/2 in.
  • (45.1 by 52 cm)

Provenance

Gift from the artist to a private collector, 1963 (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1997, lot 217, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.

Literature

The Saturday Evening Post, January 19, 1963 issue (illustrated on the cover)
Thomas S. Buechner, Norman Rockwell, Artist and Illustrator, New York, 1970, no. 577, p. 326, illustrated
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, vol. I, 1986, no. C507, p. 239, illustrated p. 238

Catalogue Note

Portrait of Nehru was painted for the cover of the January 19, 1963 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.