Lot Essay
This painting was used as an illustration for "Through the Storm", a story in St. Nicholas Mazazine in 1916. Its caption read: "He silently glided along in front of her while the woods sheletered them."
Details
NORMAN PERCEVAL ROCKWELL (1894-1978)
The Long Trek Home
signed Norman P. Rockwell and dated 1915, l.r.--oil en grisaille on canvas
18 x 28 in. (45.7 x 71.1 cm.)
The Long Trek Home
signed Norman P. Rockwell and dated 1915, l.r.--oil en grisaille on canvas
18 x 28 in. (45.7 x 71.1 cm.)
Literature
M. W. Caswell, "Through the Storm," St. Nicholas Magazine, March 1916, p. 419
L. N. Moffet, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, vol. II, p. 745, no. S508, illus.
L. N. Moffet, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, vol. II, p. 745, no. S508, illus.