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NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)

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Lot 199 | NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)

Portrait of Jackie Kennedy

signed 'Norman Rockwell' (lower right)

oil on canvas laid down on panel

14 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (36.8 x 29.8 cm.)

Painted in 1963.





Provenance

Martin Diamond Fine Art, New York

Andy Warhol, New York, acquired circa late 1960s-1970s

Estate Andy Warhol, New York

Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 April 1988, lot 2835

Acquired by the present owner from the above



Literature

The Saturday Evening Post, October 26, 1963, p. 42 (illustrated).

M. Moline, Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia: A Chronological Catalog of the Artist’s Work, 1910-1978, Indianapolis, 1979, pp. 124-25, no. 2-84 (illustrated).

L.N. Moffatt, Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue, vol. II, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, p. 809, no. S690 (illustrated).

J. Yau, In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol, Hopewell, New Jersey, 1993, pp. 5-6.

M. Manning and H. Romerstein, Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda, Westport, Connecticut, 2004, p. 252.

exh. cat., Andy Warhol, Queensland Art Gallery, 2007, p. 101.

D. Solomon, American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell, New York, 2013, p. 410.

D. Solomon, “American Enigma,” Smithsonian: Secrets of American History, October 2013, p. 88.

D. Miller, "Rockwell, Warhol, and Warhola: A Conversation with James Warhola about Three Generations of American Illustrators at the Norman Rockwell Museum", DC Theater Arts, 8 June 2017 (illustrated).

"Rockwell and Warhol in Unique Pairing at Norman Rockwell Museum", The Rogovoy Report, 8 June 2017 (illustrated).

C. McQuaid, "Warhol and Rockwell: American Idolmakers", The Boston Globe, 15 June 2017.

D. Stewart, "Stockbridge’s Very Odd Couple: A Rockwell-Warhol Retrospective", Greenfield Recorder, 19 July 2017.

B. Chadwick, "Who Would Think to Pair Andy Warhol and Norman Rockwell?", History News Network, 4 August 2017.

K. Abbott, "Andy Warhol Meets Norman Rockwell in the Berkshires", BTW Berkshires, 17 August 2017.

C. Giuliano, "The Odd Couple Warhol and Rockwell: Populism as Commonality Explored at Rockwell Museum," Berkshire Fine Arts, 12 October 2017.



Exhibited

California, Simi Valley, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Norman Rockwell Paints the Presidents and the America They Governed, January-May 1999.

Massachusetts, Stockbridge, Norman Rockwell Museum, Inventing America: Rockwell and Warhol, June-October 2017 (illustrated on the cover).
Artist:Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:20th Century Realism
Genre:Portrait
Category:Painting
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