Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978). Merry-Go-Round, The Saturday Evening Post cover study, 1947. Oil on photographic ...

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Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Merry-Go-Round, The Saturday Evening Post cover study, 1947
Oil on photographic paper laid on panel
11 x 10 inches (27.9 x 25.4 cm)
Initialed lower left: N / R
Bears inscription on the reverse: Property of Gene Pelham

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK & MARTHA CAMPBELL, HOUSTON, TEXAS

PROVENANCE:
Gene Pelham;
Sotheby's, New York, November 28, 2001, lot 169;
Geert Van Der Veen Fine Art, Inc., Toronto, Canada;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, August 8, 1994.

This work is included in the Norman Rockwell Museum digital collections/online catalogue raisonné. It relates to C435 in L.N. Moffatt's Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Vol. 1, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986.

A poster of the completed work accompanies this lot.


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

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