Lot 43
  • 43

NORMAN ROCKWELL | Portrait of a Woman

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Norman Rockwell
  • Portrait of a Woman
  • signed and inscribed my respectful thanks to/Dolores/cordially/Norman (lower right)
  • oil on paper
  • image: 10 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches (26.7 by 19.1 cm)
  • sheet: 14 by 10 1/2 inches (35.6 by 26.7 cm)

Provenance

Gift to the present owner from the artist

Condition

There are three 5 inch creases at the lower right corner. There is glue residue along the top edge beneath the mat, glue residue and paper residue from a former mounting on the reverse.There is a preliminary watercolor sketch in the left margin 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.