Lot Essay
RELATED LITERATURE:
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, vol. I, pp. 312-13, no. A131, illus., as Old Man and Boy: Halloween
During the 1950s Norman Rockwell often made color studies prior to executing a finished oil painting. By using the unusual medium of oil on acetate, the artist could experiment with various color harmonies that he could then incorporate into the final composition. Pumpkin Carving was executed as a study for Old Man and Boy: Halloween that appeared in the 1952 Four Seasons Calendar published by Brown and Bigelow.
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, vol. I, pp. 312-13, no. A131, illus., as Old Man and Boy: Halloween
During the 1950s Norman Rockwell often made color studies prior to executing a finished oil painting. By using the unusual medium of oil on acetate, the artist could experiment with various color harmonies that he could then incorporate into the final composition. Pumpkin Carving was executed as a study for Old Man and Boy: Halloween that appeared in the 1952 Four Seasons Calendar published by Brown and Bigelow.