NORMAN ROCKWELL (American, 1894-1978). There is Only One Reason, Roebling Corporation Steel Wire Rope ad, Fortune Magazine...

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NORMAN ROCKWELL (American, 1894-1978)
There is Only One Reason, Roebling Corporation Steel Wire Rope ad, Fortune Magazine, May 1953
Oil on board
22.75 x 17.75 in.
Signed lower right
This finished illustration appeared in numerous trade magazines as an ad for the John A. Roebling Corporation of Trenton, New Jersey. The concept is that of a contractor explaining which brand of steel to purchase and why.

This work is reproduced as figure A695 on page 517 of Norman Rockwell A Definitive Catalogue by Laurie Moffatt, The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, 1986.

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

More information about NORMAN ROCKWELL. See also: Rockwell, Norman, Norman Rockwell, Rockwell, Norman Perceval Artist.



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