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Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
The Night Before Christmas (Santa Peering over Chair at Sleeping Child), Literary Digest magazine cover, December 22, 1923
Oil on canvas
28 x 24-1/4 inches (71.1 x 61.6 cm)
Signed lower right: Norman / Rockwell

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

PROVENANCE:
Martin Diamond, New York;
Eleanor Ettinger, Hawaii;
Private collection, acquired in 1979;
Sotheby's, New York, December 5, 1996, lot 192;
Christopher Clark Fine Art, San Francisco, California;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, January 24, 2002.

LITERATURE:
L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, Vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, p. 63, no. C169, illustrated.

This painting is reproduced on the December 1946 cover of The Grade Teacher.

A copy of the magazine accompanies this lot.

Auction 5423 | Lot: 68242 | Nov 1, 2019

Sold For: $375,000.00

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$562,500 or more
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Fishes Like Neckties, American Magazine interior illustration study, 1934
Oil on canvas
31 x 29-3/4 inches (78.7 x 75.6 cm)

Auction 5330 | Lot: 69167 | Nov 3, 2017

Sold For: $200,000.00
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Bold
Acrylic on canvas
47.75 x 40 in.
Signed lower right

Auction 5327 | Lot: 71116 | Oct 13, 2017

Sold For: $200,000.00

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$300,000 or more
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 40 in.
Signed lower left

Auction 5343 | Lot: 71155 | Oct 12, 2018

Sold For: $162,500.00
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984)
Untitled, 1983
Acrylic on canvas
27 x 36 in.
Signed and dated lower left

Auction 5343 | Lot: 71154 | Oct 12, 2018

Sold For: $137,500.00
Canvas 001
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 1 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 113
Voice Over
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 15 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 012
Old Cat of the Sea
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 24 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 127
Peeking Marvin
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 30 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 128
Wile E. Coyote: Curtains
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 31 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 153
Bird in Repose
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 58 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 176
Time to Celebrate
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 82 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 192
Marathon Session
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 99 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 208
Happiness in Africa
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 117 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 209
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 118 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 034
The Boy Who Hated School
Acrylic and graphite on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 137 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 051
Vita Brevis, Ars Longa
Acrylic, graphite, marking pen on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 153 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 063
Big Bada Boom
acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 167 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 082
Duck Dodgers in the 24th & 1/2 Century
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 188 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 087
Curt and Punkinhead Martin
Acrylic, micron & glitter sharpie on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 193 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 093
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 200 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Canvas 098
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 595 | Lot: 205 | May 1, 2015

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-002
Tree
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 2 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-019
"Wings Out On My Way"
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 19 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-020
"Love in the Air"
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 20 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-021
Witch Hazel and Chuck
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 21 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-030
What's Opera Doc Elmer
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 30 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-043
Colorful Bugs with Purple BG
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 43 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-051
What's Opera Doc?: Dressage Bugs and Horse
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 51 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-066
WOD Bugs dancing (purple columns & green bushes in BG)
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 66 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-082
Woman & Man on Motorcycles ("Meep Meep", "Have Mercy")
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 82 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-118
Bugs, Chuck (Conductor), Daffy, RR & Coyote (Blue BG)
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 118 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-140
Nelly's Folly giraffes
Acrylic and Paper on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 140 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-149
Mewsette (Cat on Yellow BG)
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 149 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-151
"It's OK to be a Misfit"
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 151 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-152
Yosemite Sam holding gun (Red sand BG)
Acrylic and Sand on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 152 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00
Untitled-170
"That's All Folks" Button in Rings Button and
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12 in.

Auction 573 | Lot: 170 | May 9, 2014

Sold For: $100.00

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