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ROBERT SPENCER (American, 1879-1931)
A River Mill Town
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 inches (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
Signed lower left: Robert Spencer

Auction 5118 | Lot: 73001 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $326,500.00

JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH (American, 1863-1935)
A Child's Garden of Verses, book illustration, 1905
Mixed...

Auction 5034 | Lot: 87361 | Feb 18, 2010

Sold For: $310,700.00

DAVID JOHNSON (American 1827-1908)
Catnip Island, Near Greenwich, CT, 1878/79
Oil on canvas
22in.x 34in.
Signed with...

Auction 621 | Lot: 30132 | Nov 17, 2005

Sold For: $262,900.00

NORMAN ROCKWELL (American 1894-1978)
Freedom of the Press: Poor Richard's Almanac, c.1930
Oil on canvas 32in. x 27in.
Inscribed lower right (not contemporaneously): Norman Rockwell
Signed on canvas fragment attached on stretcher bar: Norman Rockwell
Photocopy of letter from Norman Rockwell to Mr. Yotnakparian dated March 6, 1973 accompanies this work.
Viewed and accepted by Laurie Moffat, Director of the Rockwell Museum.
Provenance: the collection of Mr. Yotnakparian, c. 1973; Roughton Galleries, Dallas, Texas

Freedom of the Press (also known as Poor Richards Almanac) may also have been intended as part of Rockwell's original Freedom series, however it was never used. The painting belonged to the same family for over 50 years. In an accompanying photocopy of a letter from Norman Rockwell to the owner, Rockwell wrote "I did the picture . . . when I lived in New Rochelle. I don't remember who posed for Ben Franklin, but I know the printer in back of him was one of my favorite models, Fred Hildebrandt."

Norman Rockwell is America's most beloved illustrator of the 20th century. Renowned for his idyllic images of daily life in small town America, Rockwell explained in his autobiography, "I paint life as I would like it to be." Rockwell was born in New York City into a family of humble circumstances. In 1903, his family moved to Mamaroneck, New York a suburban town in Westchester County where they resided in a succession of boarding houses. While still in high school, Rockwell decided to pursue a career as an illustrator, and in 1908, he commuted to New York City to study at the Chase School of Fine and Applied Art. At the age of 15, he quit high school and enrolled in the National Academy of Design. However, he found the Academy's curriculum was geared toward the fine arts, and Rockwell left after a year to study illustration at the Art Students League under George Bridgman and Thomas Fogarty.

The most comprehensive colle

Auction 604 | Lot: 24127 | Oct 29, 2004

Sold For: $262,900.00

EDWARD HENRY POTTHAST (American, 1857-1927)
Children at the Shore
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches (61.0 x 76.2 cm)
Signed lower left: E Potthast

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SHERMAN, TEXAS

Auction 5118 | Lot: 73034 | Nov 15, 2012

Sold For: $242,500.00

GIL ELVGREN (American, 1914-1980)
Thinking of You (Retirement Plan), Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration, 1962
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower left

From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

Auction 5165 | Lot: 78068 | May 7, 2014

Sold For: $209,000.00

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Reflections

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980), American
Modeled 1930; Edition of 12.
Bronze with naturally weat...

Auction 650 | Lot: 33286 | Apr 26, 2007

Sold For: $203,150.00

MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE (American, 1819-1904)
Cherokee Roses in a Glass Vase, circa 1883-1888
Oil on canvas
19 x 12 inches (48.3 x 30.5 cm)
Signed lower right: M.J. Heade
(Total: 2 Items)

Auction 5096 | Lot: 64213 | May 15, 2012

Sold For: $170,500.00

Playdays

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (1880-1980), American
Modeled 1924; Edition of 32.
Bronze with weathered green p...

Auction 650 | Lot: 33285 | Apr 26, 2007

Sold For: $167,300.00

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EMIL CARLSEN (American 1853 - 1932)
Through the Woods, Falls Village, CT
Oil on canvas laid down on masonite
44-1/2 x...

Auction 638 | Lot: 24027 | Nov 9, 2006

Sold For: $155,350.00

FERNANDO BOTERO (Columbian b. 1932)
Woman in the Kitchen, 1981
Watercolor on paper
63in. x 43.5in.
Signed and dated lowe...

Auction 620 | Lot: 23591 | May 11, 2005

Sold For: $149,375.00

GUY CARLETON WIGGINS (American 1883-1962)
Winter at the Library
Oil on canvas
25in. 30in.
Signed lower left
Signed ...

Auction 621 | Lot: 30402 | Nov 17, 2005

Sold For: $119,500.00

AUDLEY DEAN NICHOLS (American 1875-1941)
The Water Hole, 1921
Oil on canvas
16.5in.x 24in.
Signed lower left
...

Auction 621 | Lot: 30300 | Nov 17, 2005

Sold For: $10,755.00

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Leonardo da Vinci
Color etching
7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Ed. 126/150
Signed in pencil lower right: Dali

Auction 13219 | Lot: 27025 | Sep 12, 2024

Sold For: $781.25

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Walter Koeniger (American, 1881-1943)
Winter Snow Scene
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches (61.0 x 76.2 cm)
Bears signature lower right

Auction 13185 | Lot: 27050 | May 12, 2022

Sold For: $550.00