Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the summer image in a 1951 Brown & Bigelow "Four Seasons" calendar (no. A126 in L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986).
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Missed (Four Sporting Boys: Golf)—Study
Details
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)
Missed (Four Sporting Boys: Golf)—Study
signed and inscribed 'My very best/to/Paul Helms,/sincerely/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
pencil on paper
image, 16 x 13 ½ in. (40.6 x 34.3 cm.);
sheet, 19 ¾ x 17 ¼ in. (50.2 x 43.9 cm.)
Executed in 1949.
Missed (Four Sporting Boys: Golf)—Study
signed and inscribed 'My very best/to/Paul Helms,/sincerely/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
pencil on paper
image, 16 x 13 ½ in. (40.6 x 34.3 cm.);
sheet, 19 ¾ x 17 ¼ in. (50.2 x 43.9 cm.)
Executed in 1949.
Provenance
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 22 May 2014, lot 27, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 22 May 2014, lot 27, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Further details
A copy of an original letter from the artist accompanies this lot.
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