NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)
Girl Choosing Hat
Details
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)
Girl Choosing Hat
signed 'Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
oil on canvas
38 ¹/₄ x 30 in. (97.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1931.
Girl Choosing Hat
signed 'Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
oil on canvas
38 ¹/₄ x 30 in. (97.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1931.
Provenance
The artist.
John Rockwell, Denver, Colorado, nephew of the artist, gift from the above.
Rosemary Woods Rockwell, Denver, Colorado, wife of the above, by descent from the above
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Bonhams, New York, 4 December 2013, lot 21, sold by the above.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York.
John Rockwell, Denver, Colorado, nephew of the artist, gift from the above.
Rosemary Woods Rockwell, Denver, Colorado, wife of the above, by descent from the above
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Bonhams, New York, 4 December 2013, lot 21, sold by the above.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
American Illustrators Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York.
Literature
The Saturday Evening Post, January 31, 1931, cover illustration.
A.L. Guptill, Norman Rockwell: Illustrator, New York, 1970, p. 170, illustrated.
T. Buechner, Norman Rockwell: Artist & Illustrator, New York, 1970, p. 264, illustrated.
C. Finch, Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers, New York, 1979, p. 157, illustrated (as A New Hat).
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 120-21, no. C321, illustrated.
M. Garrison, Norman Rockwell's American Holidays, 1990, New York, pp. 90-91, illustrated.
A.L. Guptill, Norman Rockwell: Illustrator, New York, 1970, p. 170, illustrated.
T. Buechner, Norman Rockwell: Artist & Illustrator, New York, 1970, p. 264, illustrated.
C. Finch, Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers, New York, 1979, p. 157, illustrated (as A New Hat).
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 120-21, no. C321, illustrated.
M. Garrison, Norman Rockwell's American Holidays, 1990, New York, pp. 90-91, illustrated.
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