Lot 9
  • 9

Norman Rockwell

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • Study for 'Little Girl Looking Downstairs at Christmas Party'
  • signed and inscribed to darling Dolores with love/Norman (on the support) 
  • oil on photographic paper laid down on board
  • image: 5 3/4 by 6 inches (14.6 by 15.2 cm)
  • sheet: 7 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches (18.4 by 19.7 cm)
  • Painted in 1964.

Provenance

Gift to the present owner from the artist

Condition

The work retains an original mat. There is a small indent in the sheet 1/2 inch from the center bottom edge and distortion to the sheet that is inherent to the artist's materials. There are glue remnants from the original mounting at the extreme edges beneath the mat.
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Catalogue Note

The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, has added this study to the Norman Rockwell Online Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, which can be accessed at http://www.nrm.org.