American Art
American Art
Property from an Important Private Collection
Norman Rockwell
It's the Cream of Kentucky, It's the Favorite of the World (Portrait of Hunter Sniffing Drink)
Auction Closed
November 22, 10:23 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Norman Rockwell
1894 - 1978
It's the Cream of Kentucky, It's the Favorite of the World (Portrait of Hunter Sniffing Drink)
signed NORMAN ROCKWELL (lower right)
mixed media on paperboard
sheet: 13 by 13 inches (33 by 33 cm)
framed: 20 ¾ by 20 ¼ inches (52.7 by 51.4 cm)
Executed in 1940.
Schenley Kentucky Whiskey Company, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, 1940
George Arden, New York
Mrs. George Arden, New York (by descent)
Charles Flint Fine Art and Antiques Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2009
Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, no. A732, p. 530-31, illustrated