05-21-202105-21-2021
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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 21, 2021 10:00 AMCalender
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Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) Study for The Marriage License

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$7,500$6,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3655BLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 21, 2021 10:00AM

Description:

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978)

Study for The Marriage License
Unsigned.
Pencil on tracing paper mounted to paperboard, 12 3/8 x 13 1/8 in. (31.5 x 33.5 cm),unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Toning, mat burn to the edges of the sheet, brushstrokes of white pigment along the edges of the sheet and scattered dots of white pigment primarily to u.r. quadrant, scattered other minor accretions.

N.B. The lot is accompanied by a mounted copy of The Saturday Evening Post cover from June 11, 1955, that featured the finished illustration.

Literature: Norman Rockwell Museum digital archive https://collection.nrm.org/#view=list&id=13e6&modules=ecatalogue&TitMainTitle=The%20Marriage%20License
Estimate $7,000-9,000

Reverse with remnants of mounting tissue or similar.


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