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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
Make Offer to Owner
$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
Make Offer to Owner
$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
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
Trick or Treat, Playboy interior illustration
, October 1967
Mixed media on board
30 x 20 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71151 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$100,000.00
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Just Married, The Saturday Evening Post cover study
, 1957
Oil on canvas
16 x 15 inches (40.6 x 38.1 cm)
Initialed lower left:
N / R
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK & MARTHA CAMPBELL, HOUSTON, TEXAS
PROVENANCE:
Jonathan Tenzer;
Trosby Auction Galleries, Atlanta, Georgia, May 5, 1980, lot 267;
Judy and Alan Goffman Fine Art, New York;
William D. Roche;
Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, Texas;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1993.
EXHIBITED:
Cortina d'Ampezzo Museo, "Ciasa de ra Regoles," Rome, Italy, and elsewhere, "Norman Rockwell," August 3-November 11, 1990;
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, and elsewhere, "Norman Rockwell," February 20-August 23, 1992.
LITERATURE:
L.N. Moffatt,
Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue
, Vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, p. 215, no. C484a, illustrated;
T.S. Buechner,
Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator
, New York, 1996, n.p., no. 571.
A copy of the magazine featuring the completed image accompanies this lot.
Auction 5404
| Lot: 68124 | May 3, 2019
Sold For:
$93,750.00
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Man with Fishing Rod and Bottle of Ale, Ballantine Ale advertisement
, circa 1950
Oil on canvas
18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Signed lower left:
Norman / Rockwell
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK & MARTHA CAMPBELL, HOUSTON, TEXAS
PROVENANCE:
Judy & Alan Goffman Fine Art, New York;
Private collection, Massachusetts;
Geert Van Der Veen Fine Art, Toronto, Canada;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, May 9, 2003.
LITERATURE:
L.N. Moffatt,
Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue
, Vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, p. 263, no. A32, illustrated.
Auction 5404
| Lot: 68118 | May 3, 2019
Sold For:
$87,500.00
Make Offer to Owner
$131,250 or more
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
Martini Time,
1935
Watercolor and pencil on paper
27 x 20 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71202 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$87,500.00
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
Broadway Showgirl
,
Helen Henderson,
1928
Watercolor and pencil on board
24.25 x 18.5 in. (sight)
Signed and dated lower left
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71097 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$81,250.00
Hugh Joseph Ward
(American, 1909-1945)
Undercover Man, Private Detective magazine cover
, April 1942
Oil on canvas
30.25 x 21 in.
Signed center right
The Bob and Diane Yaspan Collection
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5327
| Lot: 71171 | Oct 13, 2017
Sold For:
$81,250.00
Margaret Brundage
(American, 1900-1976)
A Rival from the Grave, Weird Tales magazine cover
, January 1936
Pastel and mixed media on board
20 x 13.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71023 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$71,875.00
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
I Never Go Out with Married Men, So Won't You Please Come In, Playboy interior illustration
, February 1966
Mixed media on board
30 x 20 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71147 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$68,750.00
Patrick Nagel
(American, 1945-1984)
Joanna
Acrylic on canvas
25 x 27 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71151 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$68,750.00
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.
Auction 5404
| Lot: 68116 | May 3, 2019
Sold For:
$62,500.00
An Indian Gouache Folio Illustration Depicting Chinnamasta
, late 18th-early 19th century
7-3/8 inches high x 7-3/8 inches wide (18.7 x 18.7 cm) (work)
14-3/4 inches high x 14-3/4 inches wide (framed)
Auction 5340
| Lot: 78430 | Jun 29, 2018
Sold For:
$60,000.00
Gil Elvgren
(American, 1914-1980)
Perfection
, 1948
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower left
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71058 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$57,500.00
An Indian Bhagavata Purana Gouache Folio Illustration Depicting the Samudra Manthan (Churning of the Ocean Milk)
, early 19th century
8 inches high x 12 inches wide (20.3 x 30.5 cm) (work)
17-1/4 inches high x 21-1/4 inches wide (framed)
Auction 5340
| Lot: 78427 | Jun 29, 2018
Sold For:
$55,000.00
Gil Elvgren
(American, 1914-1980)
Ruffled Feathers
, 1967
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71057 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$50,000.00
Make Offer to Owner
$75,000 or more
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Hot Strip Mill Operator, Sharon Steel Corporation advertisement
, 1968
Oil on canvas laid on board
23 x 30 inches (58.4 x 76.2 cm)
Signed and inscribed lower right:
Norman / Rockwell / New Cold Mill
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JACK & MARTHA CAMPBELL, HOUSTON, TEXAS
PROVENANCE:
Sharon Steel Corporation, Pennsylvania;
Glomar Steel Company, Michigan;
Scott Yoder, Toledo, Ohio;
Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, Texas;
Acquired by the present owner from the above, February 28, 2004.
LITERATURE:
L.N. Moffatt,
Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue
, Vol. I, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 540-41, no. A758, illustrated.
Auction 5404
| Lot: 68123 | May 3, 2019
Sold For:
$47,500.00
Robert McGinnis
(American, b. 1926)
Casino Royale, original DVD illustration
, 2002
Gouache and pencil on board
23.5 x 30.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Auction 5327
| Lot: 71108 | Oct 13, 2017
Sold For:
$47,500.00
Make Offer to Owner
$95,000 or more
Patrick Nagel
(American, 1945-1984)
Susan,
1982
Acrylic on board
19.5 x 13.25 in. (image)
Signed faintly lower right
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5327
| Lot: 71115 | Oct 13, 2017
Sold For:
$47,500.00
Frank R. Paul
(American, 1884-1963)
The Vanguard to Neptune, Wonder Stories Quarterly cover
, Spring 1932
Mixed media on board
22.5 x 16.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower left
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71001 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$45,000.00
Gil Elvgren
(American, 1914-1980)
Vision of Beauty (Unveiling)
, 1947
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71115 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$45,000.00
Gil Elvgren
(American, 1914-1980)
He Almost Scared Me Out of My Skin!
, 1948
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71118 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$42,500.00
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
The Teacher Meets the School Board, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration
, November 2, 1946
Pencil on board
7-1/8 x 9-5/8 inches (18.1 x 24.4 cm)
Bears inscription lower center:
the teacher meets the school board
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5351
| Lot: 68019 | May 4, 2018
Sold For:
$42,500.00
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
Portrait of Jane Russell
, 1942
Watercolor on board
18.5 x 26 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71111 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$40,000.00
Boris Vallejo
(American, b. 1941)
Mysterious Rider, The New St. Marks Baths advertisement
, 1978
Oil on board
31.5 x 20.625 in. (sight)
Signed lower left
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71196 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$40,000.00
Dean Cornwell (American, 1892-1960)
The Porch Wren, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration
, July 20, 1918
Oil on canvas
20-1/4 x 34-1/4 inches (51.4 x 87.0 cm)
Signed and dated lower right:
Dean / Corn / well / 18
Auction 5372
| Lot: 68194 | Nov 8, 2018
Sold For:
$38,750.00
Make Offer to Owner
$58,125 or more
Haddon Hubbard Sundblom
(American, 1899-1976)
Around the Corner From Anywhere, Coca-Cola advertisement
, 1927
Oil on canvas
30 x 58 in.
Not signed
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71080 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$38,750.00
Harry Clarke
(Irish, 1889-1931)
The Little Sea Maid, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen interior illustration
, 1916
Ink and pencil on artist's card
11.5 x 8 in. (image)
Initialed lower left
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71054 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$37,500.00
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
Intrusion
, 1928
Watercolor and pencil on board
20.5 x 16 in. (sight)
Signed and dated lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71098 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$37,500.00
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
The Family Doctor, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration
, April 12, 1947
Gouache on board
7 x 21-3/4 inches (17.8 x 55.2 cm) (image)
Initialed center right:
N / R
Inscribed lower right:
illustration from post illustration of / "the family doctor"
Auction 5351
| Lot: 68012 | May 4, 2018
Sold For:
$36,250.00
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
So Many Choices
Watercolor on board
19.5 x 13.75 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71122 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$32,500.00
Gil Elvgren
(American, 1914-1980)
Swingin' Sweetie, Brown & Bigelow calendar illustration
, 1968
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Signed center right
Auction 5327
| Lot: 71047 | Oct 13, 2017
Sold For:
$32,000.00
Gil Elvgren
(American, 1914-1980)
We Had a Little Falling Out
, 1946
Oil on canvas
30.25 x 24.25 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5327
| Lot: 71048 | Oct 13, 2017
Sold For:
$30,000.00
Robert McGinnis
(American, b. 1926)
The Silken Nightmare, paperback cover,
1963
Gouache on board
19.5 x 15 in.
Signed lower center
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71019 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$27,500.00
Al Hirschfeld
(American, 1903-2003)
Laurel & Hardy's Sweet Dreams, from "March of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes in Toyland)
, 1999
Ink on board
27 x 21 in.
Signed lower right, "3" denotes three hidden NINAs
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71096 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$27,500.00
William Henry Dethlef Koerner (American, 1878-1938)
Dude Wrangler, The Saturday Evening Post interior illustration
, March 10, 1934
Oil on canvas
36 x 27 inches (91.4 x 68.6 cm)
Signed lower left:
W.H.D. / Koerner
Titled and inscribed on the stretcher:
Dude Wrangler No. 1 - Red-haired camp / "That's about the only place to camp, isn't it, Bret?"
Bears inscription on the stretcher:
Given to W.H.D. Koerner by his father W.H.D. Koerner 1952
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 5351
| Lot: 68028 | May 4, 2018
Sold For:
$27,500.00
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
Nude with Phone (Jeanne Dean)
, 1946
Watercolor, pastel, and pencil on board
29.5 x 19.5 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71199 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$27,500.00
Chesley Bonestell
(American, 1888-1986)
Atomic Bombing of New York, Collier's Magazine interior illustration
, 1948
Mixed Media on photograph
15.5 x 18.25 in.
Signed lower left
(Total: 3 Items)
Auction 5327
| Lot: 71032 | Oct 13, 2017
Sold For:
$27,500.00
George Petty
(American, 1894-1975)
Back Bend on Toes Ballet, Ice Capades
, 1962
Watercolor on paper
16.5 x 22.5 in. (sight)
Signed upper right
Auction 5327
| Lot: 71122 | Oct 13, 2017
Sold For:
$27,500.00
Gil Elvgren
(American, 1914-1980)
Girl on Bicycle, NAPA Auto Parts advertisement
, circa 1975
Oil on canvas
30 x 23.5 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71059 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$25,848.75
Make Offer to Owner
$38,773 or more
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
It's a Survey, Darling, The Want to Know What You're Watching, Playboy interior illustration
, February 1977
Watercolor on board
22 x 16.25 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71153 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$25,000.00
Make Offer to Owner
$37,500 or more
American Artist
(20th Century)
Kelly's Heroes, movie poster
, 1970
Oil on board
32 x 28.5 in.
Not signed
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71003 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$25,000.00
Drew Struzan
(American, b. 1947)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, poster study
, 1989
Mixed media on paper
21 x 14 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Auction 5347
| Lot: 71189 | Apr 24, 2018
Sold For:
$25,000.00
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)
Schoolmaster Flogging Tom Sawyer, interior book illustration study
, 1936
Charcoal on paper
18-1/2 x 14-1/2 inches (47.0 x 36.8 cm) (sight)
Signed and inscribed lower right:
I am proud to have / this drawing in / the possession of / my beloved / cousin Mary - Amy / Cordially / Norman / Rockwell
Auction 5330
| Lot: 69169 | Nov 3, 2017
Sold For:
$25,000.00
Alberto Vargas
(American, 1896-1982)
A Cool Breeze, Playboy interior illustration
, December 1964
Mixed media on board
30 x 20 in.
Signed lower right
Auction 5343
| Lot: 71143 | Oct 12, 2018
Sold For:
$23,750.00
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