Sale 9654
New York
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23 May 2001
Price realised
USD 127,000
Estimate
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Bride to Be signed 'Norman Rockwell' (lower right) oil on canvas 38 x 32 in. (96.5 x 81.3 cm.)
Provenance
Top Value Enterprises, Inc. Sotheby's, New York, May 28, 1987, lot 371.
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Literature
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, Vol. 1, no. A809, p. 557, illustrated
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