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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 8, 2020 | Phillips | New York | 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 13 | $****** - ****** | The Peephole |
paintings
36.2 x 28.6 cm (14.25 x 11.25 in)
oil on panel
Peter Elliott Schruth (editor of
The Saturday Evening Post
), Philadelphia (gifted by the artist circa 1959)
By descent in the family and sold: Sotheby’s, New York, May 27, 1999, lot 171A
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
The Saturday Evening Post
, August 30, 1958 (illustrated on the cover and p. 3; illustration of the artist working on the present work in his studio, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, p. 80)
Thomas Buechner,
Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator
, New York, 1970, no. 522, n.p. (illustrated)
Mary Moline,
Norman Rockwell Encyclopedia: A Chronological Catalog of the Artist’s Work 1910-1978
, Indianapolis, 1979, fig. 1-409, p. 82 (illustrated, p. 83; titled as
Knothole Baseball
)
Laurie Norton Moffatt,
Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue
, vol. 1, Stockbridge, 1986, no. C489, p. 219 (cover for
The Saturday Evening Post
, August 30, 1958 illustrated)
Richard Halpern,
Norman Rockwell: The Underside of Innocence
, Chicago, 2006, pp. 41, 137
Christopher Finch,
Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine Covers
, New York, 2013, p. 397 (illustrated, p. 325)
This work is accompanied by an original copy of the August 30, 1958 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
