Norman Rockwell preliminary study for magazine cover

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NORMAN ROCKWELL

Group of men at luncheon counter listening to radio.

Preliminary study for magazine cover, Saturday Evening Post, 1944; Oil on board, 10.25 x 10.25", initialed lower right

Estimate: $50,000 - 70,000

This idea of Rockwell's for a Post cover was ultimately not used. In this well-documented case, it was decided that it was unclear that the subject of the image was sound, a notoriously difficult idea for an illustrator to get across.

Condition - Very good: not varnished; matted and framed.

This idea of Rockwell's for a Post cover was ultimately not used. In this case, the editors and artist agreed that it was unclear that the subject of this painting was the sound of the radio, a notoriously difficult idea for an illustrator to get across. We also reproduce a photo of a charcoal drawing of this subject, showing Rockwell's process of rearranging various elements to improve the composition.