Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)

Is He Coming?

Details

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Is He Coming?
signed 'Norman Rockwell' lower right
oil on canvas
31 x 27in. (78.7 x 68.5cm.)

Provenance

Bruce A. Campbell
Sale: New York, Christie's, December 1, 1989, lot 298
Sale: New York, Sotheby's, May 27, 1992, lot 122
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Red Cross Magazine, December 1919, illus.
Elks Magazine, December 1922, cover illus.
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, vol. I, p. 28, no. C-72, illus.

Lot Essay

This painting was reproduced for the Red Cross Magazine in December 1919. Three years later, it was used as the cover illustration for Elks Magazine and was presented to Bruce A. Campbell, the national president of the B.P.O.E. at the time.