Echoes of Romance

Details

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Echoes of Romance
signed 'Norman/Rockwell' (lower left)-- signed again (lower right)
oil on canvas
48 x 32 in. (121.9 x 81.3 cm.)

Literature

L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, vol. I, no. C517, pp. 242-243, illustrated

Sale room notice

Please note that Christie's is selling this lot as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization Certificate.

Lot Essay

Executed 1936.

According to Laurie Norton Moffatt, this "picture was originally planned as an ad for the Coca-Cola Company. Snyder and Black Lithographing Company was handling the account and when the picture was not contracted for Coca-Cola, it was sold to This Week and used as a cover illustration."

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