Lot 144
144
NORMAN PERCEVAL ROCKWELL (1894-1978)

Details
NORMAN PERCEVAL ROCKWELL (1894-1978)

Midnight Encounter

signed Norman P. Rockwell and dated 1916, u.r.--oil en grisaille on canvas
26 x 18 1/8 in. (60 x 46 cm.)
Literature
"The Burglar and the Green Apples," St. Nicholas, August 1917, p. 902
L. N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, vol. II, p. 749, no. S520, illus.

Descriptif du lot

This painting was used as an illustration for "The Burglar and the Green Apples," a story published in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1916. The caption read: 'He raised his wirey right arm high above his head.'