$104,550
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) Study for Fireman , 1944 Dedicated and signed "To/Gordon Swan/Sincerely Norman Rockwell" in red crayon l. r. Charcoal on paper, sight size 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm), framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. Provenance: Gordon Swan, fire chief of Arlington, Vermont; Skinner, Inc., American & European Paintings, May 21, 1981, Sale 740, Lot 107; private Massachusetts collection. Literature: Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Volume I (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1986), no. C410a. N.B. The present work was a study for the painting which was reproduced as the Saturday Evening Post cover on May 27, 1944.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-02-07
