NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978) Portrait of Donald A. Wells 26 x...

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE GILBERT M. FRIMET TRUST
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978)
Portrait of Donald A. Wells
signed 'NORMAN / ROCKWELL' (lower right)
black chalk, conté crayon and graphite on board
26 x 21 3/4 in. (66 x 55.2 cm.)
Executed in 1971.

Footnotes

Provenance
Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., New York, commissioned from the artist, 1971.
Nancy Jane (née Keck) Wells (1920-2001), wife of the sitter, gift from the above, 1971.
Sale, Swann Auction Galleries, New York, May 22, 1997, lot 501.
Acquired by the late owner (probably) at the above sale.

The present lot appears in the Norman Rockwell Online Catalogue Raisonné, the Definitive Catalogue of the artist's work originally compiled by Laurie Norton Moffatt, Norman Rockwell Museum, Director/CEO.

A native of Chicago, Donald Alexander Wells (1920-1971) was a marketing executive at Colgate-Palmolive Company and later at Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. (BBDO, Inc.), New York. The present portrait was commissioned in 1971 by BBDO, Inc. as a gift to Mrs. Wells in honor of her late husband.