Dance on a Music Box

Details

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Dance on a Music Box
signed 'Norman Rockwell' and inscribed 'My best to Danny Fresia sincerely Norman Rockwell' (lower right)
watercolor, pen and sepia ink and pencil on board
12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm.) (image)

Provenance

Dan Fresia, a model for the artist.
J.N. Bartfield Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, 1980.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Related Literature:
L.N. Moffat, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusettes, Vol. I, 1986, p. 423, no. A446.

The present watercolor is a preliminary work for the painting of the same title executed circa 1951 for a Hallmark Christmas card.

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